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TIL there is an app that blocks all mentions of the Kardashians

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WkMd8 TIL of "Big's Backyard Ultra" a last man standing marathon, where competitors run around a 4.1667 mile loop until only one remains. Last year's winner ran a record-setting 68 laps (283.3356 miles) in 55 hours, 23 minutes. Everyone but the winner is designated DNF.
p8ma8 TIL that Electroshock Therapy as demonised by One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is actually a valid, effective and humane treatment for a variety of brain conditions and still used to this day
Pm5L TIL Matt LeBlanc, who played Joey in Friends, and comedian Louis CK were classmates in both junior high and high school. Yearbook photos in link.
KOmva TIL sharks are called "swimming noses" because 2/3 of their brains are olfactory lobes. They can smell blood in water at 1 part per million from hundreds of meters away. But their sense of taste isn't linked to their nose and is not as developed, so often they bite once then decide not to kill.
7rRr7 TIL that George HW Bush's eldest daughter's intended name was Pauline Pierce Bush, until his mother pointed out that her initials would be P. P. Bush which "would never do"