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TIL About Bum Farto, a fire chief and convicted drug dealer in Key West, Florida who disappeared in 1976.

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pYoDQ TIL that a Swedish man survived in his car for 60 days, only drinking melted snow, after being snowed in with temperatures dropping as low as -30°C. However, due to the "igloo effect," the insulation from the snow helped keep him alive.
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