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TIL Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, but he was also a teacher for the deaf

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BW9r TIL: That sleeping on your stomach can induce weirder, scarier, and sexier dreams
XEQPr TIL about people who cannot feel fear due to a rare genetic disorder called Urbach-Wieth disease, which damage the amygdalae in the brain. The amygdala serves as a go-between for the parts of the brain that interpret sensory inputs and those that initiate fearful responses.
8n7b TIL in 1956, a magician was performing the “cut a person in half” trick using his wife for a televised performance. Immediately after she was divided, the host ended the show. People were horrified, thinking she had been killed, but time had just run out on the broadcast.
lbZN TIL That Britain has an official Egg Verification System, where every egg sold in the UK can be checked against.
LGgr TIL A man being arrested on the show “COPS” for prostitution charges threatened suing the show if his Chihuahua’s face wasn’t blurred. The man claimed he did not sign a release for the dog who is an actor with an agent.