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TIL: In the 3 Wishes Project, that is granting wishes to patients who were dying in the intensive care unit, the average cost to fulfill the wishes was 30 USD.

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d8p57 TIL Locusts are not a type of animal, it is a condition experienced by some grasshoppers. Many grasshoppers become locusts when they are overcrowded (triggered by legs and arms rubbing together). Once they transform, they grow larger and change colour.
Brpex TIL Stephen King kept a severe alcohol and cocaine addiction hidden from his family for eight years. He claims he kept the addiction well-hidden but eventually, "...the books [started] to show it after a while. 'Misery' is a book about cocaine. Annie Wilkes is cocaine. She was my number-one fan."
R5kn6 TIL prolific necrophiliac Karen Greenlee stole a hearse and had sex with the corpse it contained. California did not have laws against necrophilia at the time, so she was only given a $250 fine and 11 days in jail for stealing the hearse.
b95Wj TIL that domestic cats' intelligence may apply "if I fits I sits" even in perceived spaces -- for instance, a cat will still try to sit in a 2D optical illusion that can be perceived as a 3D container (Illusory contours)
AD8Go TIL that the bodies of hypothermia victims are often found "hidden" in strange places such as closets, under the bed and behind furniture. This is a primal, evolutionary response called "hide and die" which victims experience moments before they perish.