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TIL: Oprah Winfrey hired the company Courtroom Sciences, Inc. to help her analyze and read the jury during her Texas cattlemen lawsuit. She was so impressed by the head of the company, Phil McGraw, that she eventually had him appear weekly on her show, before his own show was launched.

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1Mm4 TIL Disney World is on the 2nd Floor. The Ground Floor is an above-ground system of tunnels that moves employees around the park.
AN0r4 TIL sore muscles a day after a workout are not caused by lactic acid build up. It's called DOMS, delayed onset muscle soreness, and it's mainly general inflammation and microdamage.
Joyv TIL Penn Jillette holds a patent for the “Jill-Jet”, a hot-tub jet specially angled for a woman’s pleasure.
pMXO TIL Frank Hayes, a jockey who died in 1923 after suffering a fatal heart attack in the middle of a steeplechase at Belmont Park in New York State, USA. His lifeless body stayed on the saddle until his horse crossed the finish line, making him the only jockey known to have won a race after death
X8V8 TIL In 27 AD a wooden amphitheater collapsed in the ancient town of Fidenae which resulted in the death of 20000-50000 spectators. The Roman senate responded to this by raising building standards and banishing the creator of the theater, Atilius.