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TIL the realization that the random people you encounter each have complex lives of their own has a name: Sonder

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Br4Ld TIL that there are several species of Flies that have the common name 'coffin fly', because they breed in human corpses with such tenacity, they can even continue living within buried coffins.
OoXLY TIL Former baseball player Lenny Dykstra claimed he blackmailed umps to get better calls
6E9Bw TIL Disney instructed the game developers for the 1994 Lion King on Sega Genesis to create a puzzle level so hard that the game cannot be beaten within a period of time to extend and meet Blockbuster rental program rules and the rental market.(starts at 18:30)
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4g4X TIL that Milk allergy is quite different from Lactose intolerance and can be problematic for young children due to ignorance of the differences