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TIL: Hypothermia is extremely useful in treating brain injuries, and is suspected to be helpful for the heart when applied in a medical environment

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MJWm TIL that swearing increases your pain threshold.
MeMBV TIL That after meeting a poor Ethiopian coffee farmer, actor Hugh Jackman created a coffee company to help farmers in developing countries sell their product in the US
pobZ TIL: In 1984, Robert Patrick (T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgement Day), swam for 3 hours to rescue others after a boating accident on Lake Erie.
KYdyB TIL that on June 29, 1841 William and John Driscoll were executed by a firing squad comprised of 111 "Regulators". The two men were part of a group of loose-knit outlaw gangs known as the Banditti of the Prairie which terrorize Northern Illinois during the early to mid-19th century.
N7nGE TIL, Elliott Rodger, perpetrator of the Isla Vista killings of 2014, got his head taped to a desk while he was asleep when being bullied by other students, and became increasingly isolated over time after he turned 18, and was unable to make friends before the tragedy he is known for.