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TIL the Texas Horned Lizard can shoot blood from its eyes

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R7L6w TIL that Johnny Cash’s guitar player died in 1968. Cash found himself at a show where the temporary replacement, Carl Perkins, couldn’t make it. An audience member asked Cash if he could fill in for the night, and he said yes. Bob Wootton then became Cash’s guitar player for the next 29 years
4kgAa TIL in the US, 38% of adults between the ages of 25 and 54 don't have a partner, compared to 29% in 1990. Also, 39% of men lack a partner, compared to 36% of women; in 1990, men and women within that age group were equally likely to be single.
R5jY6 TIL that the first indie video game developer is a woman. Joyce Weisbecker wrote games for the RCA Studio II console from 1976 to 1977, and received $250 for her first paying work.
GY09Q TIL About 10,000 years ago all humans had brown eyes.
grDQW TIL the House of Saud, the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia, is comprised of 15K family members (although a majority of the wealth is only held by about 2K of them) and is estimated to be collectively worth $1.4 trillion. For reference, that’s nearly 16 times the British royal family’s net worth.