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TIL that the Miami Bath Salts Cannibal was actually not high on bath salts when he ate the face off of another man along the MacArthur Causeway three years ago

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KYrmE TIL about Mal de Debarquement Syndrome (disembarkment syndrome), a neurological condition usually occurring after a cruise, flight, or other sustained motion event. It is typically diagnosed when a person reports a persistent rocking, swaying, or bobbing feeling while stationary.
pjRN TIL the bite in Apples logo was originally meant to hold the letter “a” in Apples old logo
MedZ7 TIL about the plunge for distance, a short-lived olympic swim event where competitors jumped from the edge of the pool and floated motionless as far as possible. It was criticized as "not an athletic event at all" since competitors "merely throw themselves heavily into the water and float along".
5V7WD TIL There are some state-funded programs that allow people to adopt dogs that failed government training for being too friendly or for some other reasons
6E5GZ TIL The Pillars Of Creation don't exist anymore and were destroyed by a supernova several thousand years ago, but we won't see it happen for another thousand years.