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TIL Daniel Tosh suffers from social anxiety, but overcomes it by acting as a different character durring his shows.

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N7lpJ TIL that there's some seriously damning evidence that the Balloon Boy "Hoax" was not, in fact, a hoax, but rather a case of extreme corruption in the justice system.
V46Q TIL that while at the University of Pennsylvania, Elon Musk bought a 10-bedroom fraternity house and converted it to a nightclub
5Vo1p TIL a 2015 study found that exposure to secondhand cannabis smoke under extreme, unventilated conditions can cause non-cannabis-using individuals to: feel the effects of the drug, have minor problems with memory & coordination, and test positive for the drug in their blood & urine.
kOP7m TIL that Einstein worked until a few hours before his death, and he left 12 pages along his bedside. The last line in those pages was the last equation he ever wrote.
O9Y4 TIL there is a remote village in China where many of the inhabitants have blue/green eyes and fair hair. Researchers now believe the villagers may have descended from a legion of Roman soldiers who escaped from a doomed battle in ancient Parthia.