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TIL A doctor purposely overdosed on cocaine, and as death approached, scribbled his reaction on the wall of his office for science.

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womOo TIL the board game "Settlers of Catan" was originally designed by Klaus Teuber, a dental technician. The game gained such immense popularity that Teuber eventually retired from his profession to pursue game designing full-time. He went on to win Germany's Game of the Year award a total of four times
Rox1 TIL the youngest United States citizen to receive a life sentence was Florida’s Lionel Tate, due to accidentally killing his neighbor while wrestling. At the time of the accident he was only 12 years old.
4kLMg TIL that the the first vacuum cleaner was horse-drawn.
yQYNJ TIL Princess Diana was snuggled into a London bar with Freddie Mercury, Kenny Everett and Actress Cleo Rocos
XEW7R TIL about the Space-out Competition, an annual event held in South Korea where contestants must stare off into space without doing anything or falling asleep. Who wins is based on audience votes and on who has the most stable pulse. The contest lasts 90 minutes.