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TIL of the pizza principle, which states that the price of a pizza slice will always match the price of the New York City subway fare.

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gM698 Today I learned of skydiver Joan Murray who crash landed on a fire ant mound at 80 MPH because her chutes failed to deploy and survived because because of the fire ants' sting caused a surge of adrenaline which kept her heart beating.
JJ58 TIL that a scientist once wore glasses with flipped lenses so everything was upside down. After a while, his brain flipped the image so he could see normally again. However, when he took the glasses off, he’s brain continued doing this and his normal vision remained flipped.
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