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TIL Jon Stewart is the highest-paid late night host, making an estimated $25-30 million per year.

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PYgEw TIL the noble gas Xenon can be used as a near perfect general anesthetic. It works fast, has minimal side effects, protects your brain, is environmentally friendly, and can be used at normal air pressure. The only downside is it's expensive and can't be synthesized.
e09E TIL that babies eyes can change color past 9 months and sometime up to 3 years of age.
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R7L99 TIL about a journalist/broadcaster from BBC who was assassinated at a bus stop in London by the KGB. A 1.7mm pallet was shot in his leg from the tip of an umbrella. The coating of the pallet melted and allowed the deadly toxin "Ricin" to be absorbed in his bloodstream. He was dead 4 days later.
4XJOJ TIL sugar can twist light, and has been used in calibrating instruments that detect the rotation of light.