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TIL not to ignore a sudden increase in eye floaters as it's a sign of retinal detachment and I could have permanently damaged my sight

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wRr8 TIL during MKUltra the CIA roofied their own agents: “surprise acid trips became something of an occupational hazard among CIA operatives”.
Oo45X TIL the Weird Al Yankovic song, "I lost on Jeopardy!" predates the reboot of the show with Alex Trebek as host; the song was released in 1983 and the show returned in '84. According to Yankovic, many had said the song's popularity caused Merv Griffin to revive the show.
wDaW TIL one of the first instances of a stored computer program was in 1801, when Joseph Marie Jacquard demonstrated a loom that wove fabrics based on hole-punched cards that were fed into the machine.
V8mQ TIL a 75 year old woman went into a Comcast office in 2007 and smashed it up with a hammer. Apparently she stated she had no regrets.
Z8Abp TIL that spiders legs extend using hydraulic pressure from their circulatory system, and when they're crushed the legs curl in due to the loss in pressure