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TIL that Clement Vallandigham was a lawyer who accidentally shot himself demonstrating how someone could accidentally shoot themself

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BRRD TIL the earth was hit by an intense radiation burst of unknown cause between 774 and 775 AD.
wLGM7 TIL that actor David Herman (Michael Bolton from the movie "Office Space") got himself fired from MADtv by screaming all his lines during read-through. Apparently, he wanted to leave the show to do other projects, but Fox would not let him out of his contract.
Anyx TIL a study was made because of a bank robber who robbed a bank while having lemon juice on his face thinking it will make him invisible like invisible ink, that concluded that low-ability individuals suffer from illusory superiority.
OoE56 TIL of Phosphenes, illusory light effects seen in pitch dark due to eye pressure, electrical or magnetic stimulation. Lengthy light deprivation causes the brain to see shapes made of phosphenes, called Prisoners Cinema. Some scientists believe this was an inspiration for neolithic cave paintings.
58gP TIL that Pando, an 80,000 year old quaking aspen forest made of a single organism, is dying from drought, insects, and disease.