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TIL raindrops aren’t actually ‘teardrop’ shaped, they are shaped more like “the top half of a hamburger bun.”

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xVbl7 TIL that most Americans wake up between 6-6:30am and that by 5:30am 20% of people are awake.
D1BDJ TIL chief justice John Marshall and his fellow justices enjoyed Madeira wine, but set a rule that they would only drink on rainy days. When Marshall was told it was a sunny day, he said, 'this is a large area we have jurisdiction over, I'm sure it's raining somewhere.'
0dglp TIL 30% Of new heroin users are addicted within 12 months
9wxrr TIL The chorus from a Grammy-nominated Busta Rhymes song from 1997 came from a PSA ad aimed at kids about not eating random drugs
MlQV TIL of the NaNach, a group of whimsical Chasidic Jews who dance to techno music on the streets of Israel. They drive around in trucks blasting techno music and are known to start flash-mob type dance parties throughout the country.