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TIL Texas maintains a database of death row inmates’ last words

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J1ya4 TIL that the singer of Toto is the son of John Williams (composer for Star Wars, Jurassic Park, etc)
X0nd6 TIL: Gatorade Shower was invented in 1984 by Jim Burt of the NY Giants.
xKr0 TIL that New York city will give homeless people a free one-way ticket to almost anywhere
0dX7p TIL of Finnegans Wake, a novel widely considered to be one of the most difficult works of western fiction. Written in a nearly incomprehensible stream-of-consciousness style, literary critics are yet to come to a unanimous agreement on who the characters are or what the plot is.
vPZ4B TIL that our tastebuds are not as sensitive at high altitude as they are at sea level, which is due to a combination of dry air and pressure change. This is why airline food often tastes "flavorless." Our perception of saltiness and sweetness drops by around 30 percent at high altitude.