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TIL That Chris Brown is Banned From Entering the UK Because of His Assault Involving Rihanna

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E1mWd TIL the line "They call me Mr. Pig" in the Lion King is a reference to the 1967 film, In the Heat of the Night
8aaoa TIL The common English-speaker has roughly 50,000 words within their mind and generally finds the correct one in approximately 600 milliseconds.
E1G8d TIL Daniel Kish is a blind man who taught himself to navigate by echolocation (like bats) by making swift clicking sounds that reflected from objects around him. Using these reflected sounds, he makes a mental image of his surroundings. He now trains others to 'see' the world like he does.
ea4L TIL that there were “Starvation Cells” in Auschwitz. The Starvation Cell was very simple - you were thrown into an empty cell, the door was locked, and you were left inside until you starved to death.
WPmY TIL that the majority of nations hold their elections on either Saturday or Sunday. The US, UK and Canada are part of the minority of nations that traditionally hold elections on a weekday.