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TIL Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner eat dinner every night at Carl’s house off of TV stands while watching movies together

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6EvyX TIL about 'convict leasing' system in which Southern states leased prisoners to private railways, mines, and large plantations, basically 'slavery by another name'
wjE1 TIL an estimated one third of the population will often sneeze when looking at the sun or a bright source of light; this is due to a genetic quirk known as the photic sneeze reflex; a condition described by neurologists as having to do with crossed wires in the brain
0aYp TIL a man took several hours on live TV in India to kill another man using his magical powers. After failing, he said the god he worships is protecting him at that very moment. The man then replied saying he is an atheist.
gMnn9 TIL the famous composer Johann Sebastian Bach had no less than 20 children.
nerAb TIL During the American Revolution, an enslaved man was charged with treason and sentenced to hang. He argued that as a slave, he was not a citizen and could not commit treason against a government to which he owed no allegiance. He was subsequently pardoned.