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TIL that Shakespeare likely smoked weed and described it as the "journey in my head"

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Xr4Q TIL that larger birds such as geese fly in “V ” formation, because the whole flock adds at least 71% greater flying range than if each bird flew on its own. Also, the geese honk from behind to encourage those up front to keep up their speed.
VPrk TIL Pedro A. Lopez, the prolific serial killer of more than 100 children, was released in 1998 on $50 bail. Nobody knows where he is today.
v1KWx TIL That on the 12th of September 1897 21 sikh solders held their own against 10000 enemy tribesmen at the battle of Saragarhi, killing 180 and buying enough time for the nearby British fort to prepare and suppress the insurrection. All 21 were given the Indian Order Of Merit.
8kBG TIL there’s no standard definition of “nacho cheese.” It’s whatever you want it to be, and whatever companies think you’d be willing to call nacho cheese.
w0JM TIL Larry McElroy, while trying to shoot an armadillo with a 9mm pistol, had his bullet ricochet off the animal’s shell, hit a fence, go through the back door of his mother-in-law’s mobile home, pierce her recliner and finally hit her in the back.