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TIL The difference between “Who” and “Whom” is the difference between “he” and “him” in the answer.

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46kJ TIL if you eject from an airplane the ejection seat manufacturer will give you a free neck tie
5VKEr TIL of Joe Arridy who was a 23-year-old man with an IQ score of 46 and the mind of a six-year-old who was wrongfully convicted and executed in 1939. He did not understand the meaning of the gas chamber, telling the warden "No, no, Joe won't die". He smiled while being taken to the gas chamber.
R746a TIL about Graham's number. This is a finite number so large that you couldn't write it out even if the numbers you used were subatomic in size and you used the whole observable universe as a canvas. But we know it ends in a seven.
R5vL8 TIL blackjack has a house advantage of only around 1-2% for skilled players & up to around 20% for unskilled players, while craps has a house advantage as low as less than 1% for skilled players & up to around 16% for unskilled players.
XE6Gr TIL a woodpecker's tongue is so long that it wraps around its skull to protect its brain from over 1000g of force when it's hammering away