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TIL there are 3 power grids in the continental US, eastern, western and Texas.

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Eg8Q7 TIL that the audio in 'slow mo' videos is not the audio from the actual event being filmed, but sampled sounds added during editing.
DY1g TIL mixed drinks made with diet soda can get you up to 18% more intoxicated than when made with regular soda
NXG8b TIL that when former White House press secretary James Brady died in 2014, his death was ruled a homicide because it was ultimately caused by a gunshot wound he sustained in 1981, during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
kOBj7 TIL that Harris Wittels was a writer for the Sarah Silverman show, Parks and Recreation, Eastbound and Down, and Masters of None. Amy Poehler called him the “funniest person [she] ever met”. Harris was also the drummer in the band Don’t Stop Or We’ll Die. Harris died of a heroin overdose in 2015.
KDwE TIL most of E.T. was filmed at the eye level of a child so adults can connect more with the children in the film