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TIL that there are five levels of closed-eye hallucinations

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a8W6o TIL that Tachometer refers to the dial measuring rpm in English speaking countries. In my country, Slovakia, it refers to the speedometer.
mxr7E TIL Nataliya Dmytruk, a Ukranian sign language interpreter, refused to translate false election results on live TV, signing "our President is Viktor Yushchenko. Do not trust the results...they are all lies". Leading to national protests invalidating the election & aiding the Orange Revolution
OopEX TIL actor Donald O'Connor (born 1925) 7 year old sister died from being hit by a car. Few weeks later, his father died of a heart attack; his brother Billy died a decade later from scarlet fever and his eldest sibling Jack died from alcoholism in 1959. His three other siblings died during childbirth
BrVrW TIL the creator of My Pillow was a crack addict while creating the company
P1YKO TIL in 2009, 'Do You Realize' by The Flaming Lips was named Oklahoma's official Rock Song, the band was later accused of Communist sympathy, and the song later removed, then reinstated by Executive Order, and then removed again in 2013.