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TIL: Louisville Kentucky produces 90% of the world’s discoballs

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oB0Z7 TIL that to tell how old sharks are, they count the rings in the vertebrae
m1Pxv TIL in 1964, the FBI attempted to blackmail MLK Jr and urged him to commit suicide in an attempt to undermine the civil rights movement
GYQd5 TIL about Rishi Sharma, who is going around interviewing every WW2 vet he can before they all die.
jNgNM TIL that over 500 operating room fires occur every year in the U.S.
jyPN TIL when men are told to “turn your head and cough”, the head turning does nothing. Doctors just don’t want to be coughed on.