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TIL in 2015 mixed martial artist Yang Jian Bing died due to dehydration when weight-cutting for a fight put on by ONE Championship. Later that month, ONE Championship banned weight-cutting by dehydration and now holds fights based on a competitor’s “walking weight”, rather than pre-fight weigh-ins.

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TIL in 2015 mixed martial artist Yang Jian Bing died due to dehydration when weight-cutting for a fight put on by ONE Championship. Later that month, ONE Championship banned weight-cutting by dehydration and now holds fights based on a competitor’s “walking weight”, rather than pre-fight weigh-ins.

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TIL in 2019 when John Deer fell overboard (at a “shark point”) near the San Blas Islands while sailing around the world solo, his boat sailed away from him because it had been on “auto pilot mode”. But he survived after swimming 17km through shark-infested waters at night to eventually reach safety.

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TIL the hit song “You’re Beautiful” (2004) by James Blunt was voted as the most irritating track ever in a survey and featured in various lists of worst songs ever. Blunt himself issued a public apology for the record’s overexposure, which he blamed on the record company’s promotion techniques.

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TIL of 28 year old Tommie Woodward, who chose to swim in a Texas bayou after sunset while exclaiming “F%*# the alligators”. He was then fatally attacked by an 11 foot American Alligator.

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