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TIL than even if terminal velocity is around 53 m/s (190 km/h or 118 mph) for a skydiver, speed skiers can go faster than this. Record is Simon Billy (France) 255 km/h or 158.7 mph on March 22, 2023.

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D1NwV TIL A woman was successfully diagnosed in 1984 with a brain tumor, after she began hearing unknown voices in her head that told her she needed to have a brain scan.
a7aL TIL that there is a failed Nazi village in the middle of Paraguay with only two old Germans left
l7YXK TIL that not only does melanin determine skin pigmentation, but it also affects predisposition to Parkinson's Disease and other CNS pathologies, depending on its level of occurrence in the brain as neuromelanin (NM).
jN40a TIL of a gene named 'mothers against decapentaplegic', parodying 'Mothers Against X'-type organizations
8QNL TIL that in 1995 the mayor of Bogotá, Columbia hired 420 mimes to mock drivers and pedestrians who behaved improperly and traffic accidents went down sharply afterwards