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TIL the residents of Kalachi, Kazakhstan suffered from an affliction that caused them to fall asleep during daily activities for days or weeks on end. Officially, the explanation was carbon monoxide from a nearby abandoned uranium mine.

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KYODw TIL that blood cells are developed inside our bones.
VMyrm TIL that here In the United States, food waste is estimated at between 30–40 percent of the food supply and that’s enough to fill a 90,000-seat stadium every single day.
kOdP7 TIL Charlie the goat who played Black Philip in the 2015 movie The Witch was so problematic on set that numerous intended scenes had to be dropped from filming, after the violent and uncooperative billy goat tormented the cast and crew and sent one actor to the hospital with a dislodged tendon
xwVb TIL: Cary Grant began experimenting with LSD in the late 1950s, using it in psychotherapy sessions. He had an estimated 100 sessions over several years
newrB TIL sloths move so slow that alagae will grow on them giving them the green tint they have on their fur