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TIL Elizabeth Taylor was diagnosed with a genetic mutation at birth, resulting in a double row of eyelashes around her eyes.

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EXPP TIL That a 6 year study of the D.A.R.E. program showed that a “small but significant number” of suburban students were more likely to use drugs after participating in it than those who didn’t.
4XJJo TIL A study conducted on basketball matches looked at the effect of abusive spectators on the performance of players; it noted that when the crowd was being anti-social and abusive, the home team made far more violations than the visiting team.
rNopM TIL that in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, three men ended up on the roof of a hotel that was on fire. A nearby military officer, fearing they’d fall and burn alive, ordered his troops to shoot them.
b94mN TIL that after History Channel launched a show called Human Weapon the Discovery Channel aired a copycat show called Fight Quest. Discovery hired an MMA fighter who had defeated the host of History Channel’s show.
eoAD TIL: Hibernating bears don’t eat or drink, and thus don’t poop or pee, but they develop a fecal plug in their intestines that can grow to 7 to 15 inches long and 1 to 2.5 inches in diameter. They defecate when they emerge from hibernation. “Fecal plugs have a light odor that is not unpleasant.”