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TIL Bob Odenkirk (Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul) wrote the famous “Matt Foley Motivational Speaker” SNL sketch.

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R7yV7 TIL from Anglo Saxon times up to 1823 suicides in England were buried at crossroads with a stake through their hearts.
xVwbb TIL Conservation efforts are saving the kākāpō on Codfish Island that are being threatened by the fungal infection Aspergillosis.
E1J5W TIL that due to a loophole in the New Jersey State Constitution women in New Jersey could vote from 1776 to 1807, many years prior to Women's Suffrage in the United States
yQebM TIL that the human body produces hydrogen peroxide. It is broken down into water and oxygen by a naturally produced enzyme called catalase. Catalase production tails off as we age leaving the hydrogen peroxide to gray our hair.
oRKrK TIL that smoke detectors need to be replaced every 10 years