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TIL You get red eyes in pictures because your pupil is just a hole and the flash reflects the blood in the back of your eyes

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wo0pM TIL An estimated 5% to 28% of people experience auditory hallucinations as they fall asleep or are waking up. Up to 70% of people have experienced this at least once. Having auditory hallucinations when wide awake is cause for concern though.
KOwbJ TIL Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel in the Little Mermaid, also provides the voice of Barbie in Toy Story and was named a Disney Legend for her contributions to Disney.
d8Moj TIL Pizza Hut delivered a pizza to the peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, gaining a Guinness World Record for highest altitude Pizza
6KlQ TIL that our pineal gland may be able to create, store, and release DMT after we die. Which could explain why people who are revived tell about a type of out of body experience(bright tunnel, encountering deceased family members/friends).
JYg7l TIL during WWII, if a US submarine sank all the targets it engaged, it was considered a "clean sweep" and a broom was attached to the periscope to celebrate their accomplishment