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TIL Katt Wiliams has been arrested 13 times and has paid over $190,000 in bail

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QVR6 TIL that people that say “warsh” instead of wash and “rut” instead of roof speak in a dialect called Midland American English
5V5dn TIL about the Flammulated Owl - known for its flame-shaped markings and "remarkably low-pitched hoot"
NXbXQ TIL: When falling in the standard belly-to-Earth position, an average estimate of terminal velocity for skydivers is 120 mph (200 km/h), and a falling person will reach terminal velocity after about 12 seconds, falling some 450 m (1,500 ft) in that time.
ANAAl TIL that Dr. John Gueriguian, a medical reviewer at the FDA, warned about the toxic effects of Rezulin, but after the company developing the drug complained, he was removed and his review was deleted by FDA. Rezulin ended up killing dozens of people and resulted in hundreds of liver toxicities.
xVvrB TIL Rubbing your eyes increases the pressure within the eyeball and this pressure activates ganglion cells in the retina in the same way as light does. Your brain doesn’t know the difference and so interprets the activation as though you were seeing light from the world outside.