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TIL Alan Shepard peed in his spacesuit moments before becoming the first American in space

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9Y7mr TIL Around 4% of people do not take surveys seriously and provide silly answers. Around 7% of Americans were 'not sure' if lizardmen were running Earth. Around 13% of Americans claimed a former president was anti-Christ. The Lizardman constant (around 4%) explains some of strange results in surveys.
KYbPa TIL in a 2016 study, 72 incidents were reviewed of humpback whales interfering w/ orcas hunting mammals. 61 involved prey species other than humpbacks despite "no apparent benefit" for their intervention leading the authors to conclude that "interspecific altruism" could not be ruled out.
J1nVV TIL that the "Freeze", the runner whom fans race against at Atlanta Braves games, is actually a professional track and field runner, not a robot.
7eAM TIL Buddy Hollys wife upon hearing on the news of her husbands death had a miscarriage the next day leading authorities to adopt a policy in the coming months not to release victim names till their families have been informed
nelnG TIL that there is a math competition for undergrad students that is so hard that in 2014 the median score was 1/120