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TIL not all people have an internal monologue and people with them have stronger mental visual to accompany their thoughts.

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4ByN TIL of a practice in Afghanistan that has older,wealthier men have young boys dance for them and used as servants and sex slaves. It is called Bacha Bazi which translates to “playing with boys.”
9wAgD TIL of the .22 Eargesplitten Loudenboomer, a rifle cartridge designed for its projectile to exceed 5000 feet per second. It is based on a .378 Weatherby cartrige necked down to .22 caliber. It never achieved its goals.
wVwW TIL On Scrubs, Dr. Cox’s trademark of calling J.D. by girl’s names is what McGinley does in real life (jokingly) to his good friend and neighbor John Cusack.
D1Yge TIL the Macadamia nut has the toughest shell of any nut in the world, requiring 300 pounds per square inch to crack.
rRjoo TIL about the Crittenden Compromise, a proposal to enshrine slavery to the U. S. Constitution and make it unconstitutional for future congresses to end slavery. Opposed by Abraham Lincoln and rejected by the House and Senate, it failed to avert the Civil War.