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TIL Nicolas Cage was once stalked by a mime.

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JYBmj TIL that 98% of the marine fish found in the aquarium hobby cannot be bred on a commercial scale in captivity; they are instead stunned using cyanide poison to enable capture, a process which not only kills many of the fish caught this way, but also destroys a square yard of the worlds ailing reefs
PY85G TIL that the doctor who figured out that washing hands greatly reduced the death rate of women after childbirth was viewed as a madman and later confined to an insane asylum where he died 2 weeks after.
v1ApB TIL The maximum number things an average person can hold in their mind is 7±2 before the analytical portion of their mind is overwhelmed and the impulsive/emotional portion of their mind takes over decision-making.
6E1oY TIL: Survivor guilt is a mental condition that occurs when a person believes they have done something wrong by surviving a traumatic event when others did not, often feeling self-guilt.
mG8v TIL That Its A Lot Cheaper To House and Feed the Homeless Than To Leave Them On the Street