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N7y7Q TIL: The judge in the Terri Schiavo case had to be flown to a secret location to make a final decision to take her off life support, he wore a bullet-proof vest after her death and had cops on land and water guarding his home, and had to quit his church. He also was Jim Morrison's college roommate.
o9VY TIL that the prescription bottles are orange because it restricts the amount of light entering the bottle, and it’s not green or brown because that ruins visibility of the pills.
NXGZP TIL of Ernst Haeckel a German scientist who in 1914 was the first person to call The First World War, The First World War.
R7wWj TIL about Valonia ventricosa, the largest single-celled organism in the world. They can grow up to 5 cm in diameter
OoAne TIL that, unlike Mr. (an abbreviation of "mister"), it is rare for Mrs. to be written in a non-abbreviated form, and the unabbreviated word lacks a standard spelling. Missis, missus, misses, and even mis'ess have been used.