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TIl that in 1974 during the 46th academy awards a man named Robert Opel snuck into the back of the stage and proceeded to run completely naked and flashing a peace sigh while David Niven was introducing Elizabeth Taylor

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WkaBB TIL of Anton's syndrome, a disorder where people believe they can see when in fact, they are cortically blind. They can't be convinced otherwise though and will be very offended if you point their blindness out and start confabulating/making things up when asked what exactly they are seeing.
0wYvy TIL Xbox kinect holds the fastest-selling gaming peripheral record, which sold through an average of 133,333 units per day in its first 60 days on sale from 4 November 2010 to 3 January 2011.
ANYEn TIL that chemotherapy can be traced back to the sinking of an Allied ship secretly carrying chemical weapons in WW2
oymY TIL: There is a frog from Africa, Trichobatrachus robustus, that breaks a bone in its toe pad, pushes the sharp broken bone through it’s skin, and tries to shank you with it if it feels threatened.
Z8g5a TIL That there is such thing as a ultraviolet blood irradiation (UBI/UVBI)