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TIL: There was a “Deaf Zone” created at Grateful Dead concerts where deaf patrons held onto inflated balloons to feel the vibration of the music.

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wLXpJ Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and decided to bike from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. His best friend, filmmaker Kenny Laubbacher, came along for the ride. This short film follows Jenkins as he shares what he's learned from his journey so far. “When you’re a kid, everything is astonishing. Everything is new, and so your brain is awake and turned on ... Once your brain establishes a routine, it stops ... the alertness goes away,” he says. By choosing adventure Jenkins is able to reactivate his brain and turn his “hundred years on this planet into a thousand.
o87E TIL 140 years ago, August 2, 1876; James Butler “Wild” Bill Hickok was fatally shot from behind by Jack McCall while playing poker in a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. He was holding two black aces and eights, later named “The Dead Man´s Hand”.
p8A6Q TIL after a student failed the math portion of Minnesota’s Basic Standards Tests her father demanded to see the exam, threatening to sue for it. A series of scoring errors were found meaning math scores for 45,739 Minnesota students were wrong and 7,935 students who were told they failed had passed.
Ypk6v TIL An episode for Futurama in which Fry finds his mother's corpse had been an idea the writers originally set up. After consideration, The episode rewrote Fry to find his dog, Seymour.
eoo5 TIL Electric eels are not actually true eels at all and are more closely related to catfish.