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TIL that "Hydrophobia" is often mistaken with "Aquaphobia" and that true Hydrophobia is a symptom of a human rabies infection.

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166bV TIL of Edward Archbold who, in 2012, won a pet python in an eating contest, but died shortly after by choking to death. The contest involved eating live cockroaches, and Archbold died after his airway was obstructed by "arthropod body parts."
bE0Q TIL Aborigines were chained by the neck and force fed salt to help explorers find waterholes in arid Western Australia
wo6M6 TIL bees will leave the hive with all their honey (abscond) if they (for various reasons) feel uncomfortable with their living situation, even if it means certain death from being exposed to the elements.
nelE7 TIL that witnessing 9/11 had such a profound effect on aspiring comic book artist Gerard Way, that it inspired him to start a band and write their first song. My Chemical Romance would not exist if 9/11 had never happened.
loLNV TIL: The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has been updating a 'Doomsday Clock' showing how close we are to the 'end of the world' since 1947. The 2020 update puts us closer than we've ever been to catastrophe: 100 seconds from 'midnight'.