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TIL there are only two escalators in the entire state of Wyoming

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mx05P TIL in 1518 a "dancing plague" broke out in Strasbourg. Dozens of people started dancing for no apparent reason, some to the point of exhaustion and death. Some historians have attributed the plague to the accidental consumption of a fungus that contains a compound structurally similar to LSD.
OGjJY TIL in 2020, a judge reduced the awarded damages in a class action suit against Risperidal’s maker by a 12 person jury from $8 billion to $6.8 million (-99.915%)
N7Z01 TIL That when we lose fat weight, it’s primarily done by breathing it out.
ANw0n TIL Senator Mark Kelly (former astronaut) has an identical twin who confusingly also was an astronaut
mx7jE TIL that a British man developed anterograde amnesia after a root canal, so he can't remember anything for longer than 90 minutes and he can't make new memories. Also, he thinks it's the day of his root canal every time he wakes up which is why he must read a detailed note every morning.