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TIL that houseflies buzz in the key of F.

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Ya5P TIL that hundreds of prisoners were left to die in their cells during Hurricane Katrina as officials abandoned the prison.
69yKY TIL Peter Tomarken, the original host of Press Your Luck, also hosted a show on the Playboy TV channel
Pl0e TIL: In the 1950’s you could walk into a pet store, buy a monkey, kill it, shave it, dupe the media into believing it was an alien and only get fined $10.00.
e7eb TIL that in 1998 the NIH changed lowered the BMI scores that would be normal, overweight, or obese. 29 million Americans became overweight over night, even though there was no clinical reason. However 7 out of 9 people on the committee worked for or owned weight loss companies.
GAKg5 TIL that male Ohio residents have to pay out-of-state tuition fees at Ohio universities if they aren’t registered with Selective Service, and some states like Alabama and Tennessee won’t admit men into state colleges at all if they haven’t registered.