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TIL only Two words in English Contain all the Vowels in Order: ‘Facetiously’ and 'Abstemiously’

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ra0M TIL During the ending theme to Cartoon Network’s The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, some strange, somewhat creepy gibberish is heard at the end. The gibberish played backwards is Maxwell Atoms, the creator of the show, saying “No, no. This is the end of the show. You’re watching it backwards!”
VMDJ8 TIL that the reason we get a runny nose after crying is because the leftover fluid that wasn’t shed through tears gets drained into the nose through the “lacrimal point” (that weird mysterious hole on your lower eyelid).
9wZkp TIL: Rich people have their own apps. For shopping they use James Edition, which sells everything from jets and yachts to a chair made out of chrome AK-47s. For Instagram, there's "Rich Kids" which cost $1k/mo. For dating, they have "Luxy" which can ban you if you're too poor or ugly.
WnoL TIL of Joe Arridy, a man with an IQ of 46 and the “happiest prisoner on death row.” He spent his time on death row playing with a toy train, and he went into the gas chamber with a smile. It turned out he was innocent.
e0ZRJ TIL that two men, Jinichi Kawakami and Masaaki Hatsumi, claim to be the last living descendants of authentic ninjutsu—in other words, they are the world’s last true ninjas. In 2012, both men stated they would not be choosing an heir, thus likely dooming the ninja to extinction