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TIL that animals’ “languages” have regional dialects.

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KOjrB TIL that Dr. David W. Hartman is the first blind person to graduate from medical school (since 1872)
b9gkj TIL that it took nearly 2 hours to execute convicted murderer Joseph Wood. An hour after being injected with midazolam & hydromorphone (15 times the lethal dose), the prisoner was still alive. Lawyers filed an emergency appeal to halt the execution. Ten minutes after he died, the appeal was denied.
N7j6E TIL a number of NFL players have gotten a fatal neurodegenerative disease called ALS. Including Waters, Hazeltine, and Lewis who were all on the San Francisco 49ers roster in 1963 or 1964.
eDvL TIL there is no “e” in the Black Speech of Mordor, because you have to smile when you say it
ojeY TIL in 2011, Serena Williams responded to an unannounced drug test by locking herself in her panic room and calling 911. In the years since, bizarre on court behavior and marked physical changes have increased speculation of steroid use.