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TIL that over 50% of all NASA employees are dyslexic. They’re selected for their heightened spacial awareness and problem solving skills.

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Wnyd TIL: Keanu Reeves voiced the cat in ‘Keanu’ the Key and Peele movie
e01MJ TIL Joe Jamail was a billionaire Texas attorney, infamous in legal circles for his aggressive nature and colorful vulgarities (i.e. "you could gag a maggot off a meat-wagon"). He earned internet notoriety for a deposition video where he tried to fight the opposing counsel and the witness.
b9rB7 TIL that in the past, the natives of Tonga would cut off finger tips and offer them to the Gods. They did this to cure a sick relative. This resulted in a severe shortage of finger tips.