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TIL that PayPerView events can cost bars and restaurants thousands of dollars to show them, and PayPerView sends spies out to make sure non-paying establishments aren’t showing them and sues those that are caught.

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XEQPr TIL about people who cannot feel fear due to a rare genetic disorder called Urbach-Wieth disease, which damage the amygdalae in the brain. The amygdala serves as a go-between for the parts of the brain that interpret sensory inputs and those that initiate fearful responses.
OG651 TIL The Burpee exercise was invented by Royal Huddleston Burpee Sr. as a fitness test while completing his Ph.D. in the 1930
wgAM TIL the band “They Might Be Giants” published an errata for their song, “Why Does the Sun Shine?” to address some factual errors called “Why Does the Sun Really Shine?”
kExg TIL that Ozzy Osbourne has survived decades of hard drugs and drinking due to numerous genetic mutations.
Kw9G TIL that the word ‘electrocute’ is only accurately used if the person dies (electro + execute). If the person survives, they weren’t electrocuted.