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TIL that the movie ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ was so funny that an audience member died from laughter

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rRw8W TIL that in the 1980s Janet Jackson was criticized for not writing her own music and being dependent on producers. In response, she wrote and co-produced every song on her following album, which ended up being her best-selling album ever.
R7PK9 TIL that the nerves that control our voicebox take a detour all the way down to the heart due to the fact that our ancestors being ancient fish.
bE0Q TIL Aborigines were chained by the neck and force fed salt to help explorers find waterholes in arid Western Australia
vKn4 TIL Roger Williams was a minister who was in favor of religious freedom, separation of church and state, was against slavery, and wanted fair dealings with Native Americans. All in the 1600’s
R7pk8 TIL Neuroscience shows people can’t actually read and listen at the same time so having too much text on a PowerPoint slide is useless