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TIL: A high school in Minnesota is partially named for the founders of Totino's Pizza (Totino-Grace High School)

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a8pdM TIL of Ticker Tape Synesthesia, or seeing words in writing as they're spoken, sort-of like a news ticker or subtitles. There's no known cause, but it's thought to result from excess inter-connectivity of neurons in the different sensory regions of the brain.
9YRXD TIL Isaac Asimov was an on-again, off- again member of MENSA. He drifted in and out of active membership due to some unpleasant members who were "brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs,"
5YDL9 TIL that Air Bud, about a dog who plays basketball, has 13 sequels. In the last one, 'Super Buddies', Bud's 5 puppies acquire magic rings that grant them superpowers and use them to defeat the warlord Commander Drex from the planet Inspiron
M7r4K TIL that dung beetles use the Milky Way as a compass to help them roll out dung balls in organized routes. They take "snapshots" of the stars to create a mental map while "dancing" on top of dung balls.
e0PWJ TIL that Saudi Arabia accidentally printed textbooks showing Yoda sitting next to the king.