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TIL Many Employees at Disney World in Orlando, Florida are Homeless

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0wWxR TIL that an 8-year-old boy was tied to a tree and set on fire. Thanks to a deposition he gave on his deathbed, his family was awarded $150 billion in damages.
69dKm TIL that women hold 14 of the longest 23 neutral endurance records in marathon swimming
aya0 TIL there are approximately the same number of calories in a pound of spinach as there are in two Oreos.
XLQ6 TIL Ancient Romans believed eyelashes fell out from excessive sex and that long lashes indicated purity and chastity.
PYJKZ TIL the first reliable pregnancy tests involved doctors injecting women's urine into frogs; if they laid eggs without mating, the woman was pregnant. This test was called the "Hogben Test" and was used widely for about 20 years until doctors began injecting mice and rabbits instead.