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TIL a man sideswiped a telephone pole while his friend's head was hanging out by the window, decapitating him. He continued driving home and went to sleep, not realizing the incident.

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6O0l TIL of hockey player Clint Malarchuck who, in 1989 nearly died after his carotid artery and jugular vein were both sliced open in a freak hockey accident. Then 19 years later in 2008, Malarchuck attempted suicide by shooting himself with a rifle. He survived and now gives speeches about OCD.
JYOAm TIL that at age 84 Dick Van Dyke was resecued by porpoises after he fell asleep surfing and drifted out of sight of land.
lo9LK TIL that on December 23rd 1953 Lavrentiy Beria (Head of the U.S.S.R.'s N.K.V.D.) begged on his knees for mercy before being executed. His fate was similar to that of his predecessor, Nikolai Yezhov, whom Beria is rumored to have strangled.
D6yD TIL President Carter’s son and Willie Nelson got high together on the roof of the White House.
6EWeQ TIL Andorra has no army. Instead, all Andorrans should, by law, keep a rifle. The law also states that the police will offer a firearm in case of need.