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TIL that someone with Down Syndrome can have a 120 IQ.

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gnVW TIL that, over time, an amount of petroleum equal to 80 Exxon Valdez oil-spills, 100 to 150 barrels/day, has naturally bubbled up through seeps into the ocean floor sediment off the coast of Santa Barbra, CA. It is still continuing as you read this.
wEJJ TIL there is a Superhero Supply store in Brooklyn with a Cape Fitting room with a wind tunnel. They also sell Oxygen Gum, Bottled Chaos and have an Invisibility Testing Center.
yVxna TIL in the US, if your eye doctor doesn't immediately give you your contact lenses/glasses prescription for free, they can be fined $53,000
5VVD TIL that Neptune has only completed one orbit of the Sun since its discovery in 1846.
AD9do TIL In 2011 Oprah found out she has a sister she never knew existed and now takes care of her financially because Oprah was so impressed that her sister spent 3 years trying to contact Oprah with no luck and never once tried to sell the story to the press. (You have to see the video I linked)