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TIL NASA will pay you $19,000 to lay in bed for two months!

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v1B5L TIL: After Brutus helped kill Caesar, he minted coins celebrating the murder.
0G6M TIL Because Sharks have no rib cages, on land their weight can literally crush their own body.
eKOD TIL There is a medical condition called Exploding Head Syndrome, which causes people to experience a sudden feeling of explosion and blinding light inside their head moments before falling to sleep.
lVma TIL When painting the Mona Lisa,“to keep his subject relaxed and entertained, Da Vinci had six musicians to play for her and installed a musical fountain invented by himself. Different, beautiful works were read out loud and a white Persian cat and a greyhound bitch were there for playing with.”
JYeKQ TIL that when Indonesia's Mt. Tambora erupted in 1815, it ejected up to 51 cubic miles of pulverized rock and ash into the atmosphere. The debris blocked so much sunlight that it caused global cooling, with New England getting heavy snow into June.