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TIL that the patterns seen when taking hallucinogenic drugs are actually created by the arrangement of cells and interlinking of nerves in the eye and brain

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WXy8 TIL President Andrew Jackson taught his pet parrot to swear and at his funeral it commenced swearing so loud and long it had to be carried from the house.
OomAL TIL the Talmud instructs that no boy should have foreskin removed if two brothers had died from complications of the procedure. By the 12th century, this was said to be based on maternal descent. Rabbinic texts likely offer the earliest recorded evidence for hemophilia, the genetic blood disorder.
804L TIL William Hung of American Idol fame gave up his music career in 2011 to become a Technical Crime Analyst for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
AN9oa TIL that a fear of long words can constitute a phobia, and it’s often referred to as Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia.
5YX7n TIL that Scott Fahlman, an American AI researcher is credited with the creation of the :-) and :-( emoticons in 1982