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e0jX6 TIL that Kurt Vonnegut was once Geraldo Rivera's father-in-law
V8Ap TIL Highway hypnosis is a mental state where a person can drive a vehicle great distances responding to external events in the expected safe & correct manner with no recollection of having consciously done so. Partial or complete amnesia related to the time spent driving can develop for the driver
eEb5 TIL the rover ‘Opportunity’ had an planned 90 day duration of activity. Almost 11 years later it is still functioning and has provided a vast amount of scientific observations.
v8vL TIL Internet trolls are likely to be sadists, narcissists, or psychopaths, studies show. One of the studies found that the link between sadism and Internet trolling is so strong that trolls could be described as “prototypical everyday sadists.”
x6vVb TIL about a rock conglomerate called Puddingstone, which consists of colorful rounded pebbles in a cemented matrix. It's said to be named after Christmas pudding, aka "Figgy Pudding," due to its occasional resemblance to the dried fruit dish, especially when polished.