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TIL Dave Coulier was once a "voice double" for Richard Pryor

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VM0Z TIL there exists a centipede the size of your forearm that lives in caves, and catches bats in mid-flight.
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D1OZV TIL a small percentage of the population can read during their dreams, and they tend to be writers, especially poets.
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ANMNl TIL of the Bouba/Kiki Effect. When people are asked to assign the name "Bouba" or "Kiki" to two amorphous shapes —one round & one spiky— they strongly tend to choose Bouba for the round one, and Kiki for the spiky. This has been robustly confirmed across a majority of cultures & languages worldwide.