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TIL shipwrecks grow "rusticles"

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lomkK TIL after the Battle of Marathon in 490 BCE, an Athenian soldier named Epizelus lost his sight after his comrade next to him was killed despite not having any injuries himself, suggesting he suffered from hysterical blindness due to PTSD.
AVxg TIL Mark David Chapman planned to kill David Bowie and had a front row seat (along with John & Yoko) for Bowie’s Broadway show the day after killing John
nWE8b TIL: The Iran Blizzard of February 1972, recorded as the deadliest in history, took over 4,000 lives during a week-long storm burying southern Iran under 7.9 meters of snow. The catastrophe unfolded after four years of drought, leaving a profound impact on the region.
lo5e7 TIL A man set up a parody of The North Face brand called The South Butt.
pYyr8 TIL that the actual reason that toilets have a half flush and full flush is because half is for only for liquids and full is for solids. Never realised that until now.