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TIL former Weezer member Mikey Welsh correctly predicted the time, place and cause of his own death

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JYgQQ TIL that immediately after he gave up absolute power by signing a constitution, King Frederick VII of Denmark remarked, "that was nice, now I can sleep in in the mornings"
4kO45 TIL of chorea gravidarum, a rare neurologic condition in which pregnant women develop involuntary writhing/jerking movements similar to those in Huntington's disease. It usually resolves completely after delivery.
VBMYk TIl There are frogs who develop live tadpoles inside their 'vocal sac' (throat!) & give birth by spitting them out & also toads who give birth to live offspring through their back.
5YNa9 TIL that the motto of the state of Maryland is archaic Italian: "Fatti maschii, parole femine" (facts are masculine, words are feminine)
mEVx TIL in 1995 a man robbеd a bank with lеmon juicе on his facе. Sincе lеmon juicе makеs for invisiblе ink hе thought it would rеndеr his facе invisiblе on camеra.