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Takifugu in a tank

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The skull of Cacareco at São Paulo Zoo

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A single fugu pufferfish carries tetrodotoxin enough to kill 30 adults; there is no antidote. Japanese chefs must train three years and pass a written and practical exam — the failure rate exceeds 35%.

NotPetya wore a ransomware mask but had no decryption key — ever. It cost Maersk $300 million, wiped Merck's drug production, and erased FedEx's European arm in hours.

The Batavians were Rome's most trusted cavalry — exempt from taxes, garrisoned near the emperor — until 69 AD, when their commander Julius Civilis led them to annihilate five Roman legions in a single revolt.

Deputy marshal Heck Thomas tracked Bill Doolin through Oklahoma darkness and killed him with a shotgun. Then he propped the outlaw's corpse upright in an open casket for newspaper photographers — proof of payment.

The $150 billion ISS circles Earth every 92 minutes, yet astronauts shower using only a damp cloth — hygiene solved with wet wipes while floating 400 km above every ocean they cannot touch.

Utahraptor weighed as much as a grizzly bear and carried a 9-inch hooked claw on each foot — the weapon that made Jurassic Park's Velociraptors look like the timid cousins they actually were.

Cacareco, a four-year-old female rhinoceros at the São Paulo zoo, received 100,000 votes in the 1959 city council election — more than any human candidate — apparently written in by voters exhausted with corruption.

An Olympic gold medalist struck his unprotected skull on a stone culvert at 88 km/h on Stage 15, 1995. Teammates crossed the finish line the next day holding his bicycle above their heads.

David Parker Ray built a soundproofed trailer in New Mexico fitted with a gynecological chair, a mirror mounted above it, and a recorded tape he played to each new victim explaining what would be done to her. He called it his 'Toy Box.'