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yoZJ TIL Bill Murray dropped out of Pre-Med because he was arrested for marijuana possession. He then proceeded to join the National Lampoon Radio Hour with Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi.
1jE4 TIL of the Coolidge Effect: where the window after intercourse when a male can’t have sex again is removed if the male is given the chance to have sex with a new partner.
Oorp7 TIL that the "Jedi Master and historian Ri-Lee Howell," was named after Riley Howell, a 21 year-old who died tackling the gunman during a shooting on the UNCC campus.
v1DP7 TIL that cheetahs are so instinctively shy animals, especially in captivity, that they even fail to procreate. And so for years, conservationists have been giving cheetahs emotional support dogs who are raised with them and help them socialise and reduce anxiety.