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TIL that the mysterious squiggly things floating in our eyes are called “floaters”. They are shadows cast on our retina by small strands of protein inside our eyes.

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6x4w TIL that English composer Jeremiah Clarke couldn’t decide whether to commit suicide by hanging or drowning himself, so he flipped a coin. The coin landed on its edge in the mud, so he went home and shot himself instead.
b9mQE TIL that Matthew Broderick (famous for playing Ferris Bueller) killed two women circa 1987 with his car by turning into the wrong lane and colliding with them head on. They died instantly.
nXAd TIL That the world of Ooo, the setting of Adventure Time, is a post apocalyptic Earth that came to be after a great “mushroom” war. Hence why so many random, destroyed scraps of technology can be found around the land, and most creatures have odd mutations, with Fin being the last human.
6EaXY TIL Ringo Star and Carlin did voice overs for years on Thomas the Tank Engine
RJXa TIL France has done more nuclear weapons testing than the UK, China, Pakistan, India and North Korea combined