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TIL there is evidence we have a sense of being stared at.
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TIL Paul Winchell was a comedian/ventriloquist who invented one of the earliest artificial hearts. Winchell also invented a flameless cigarette lighter, a garter belt without visible lines, and owned over 30 patents.
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TIL that in 2011, a student at the Louisiana State University submitted their master's thesis on internet lolcat speech, titled "I Can Has Thesis? A Linguistic Analysis of Lolspeak."
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TIL Mary Poppins child star Matthew Garber (Michael Banks) died at age 21 from Hepatitis from bad meat
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TIL 'The Texas Chansaw Masacre', 'The Silence Of The Lambs' and 'Psycho' were all inspired by the same killer, Edward Theodore Gein
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TIL about the Canadian HMCS Haida, which became known as "The Fightingest Ship in the Navy" after sinking 14 German ships and submarines in just over a year during WW2. The Haida went on to take part in the Korean War, and now serves as a museum ship and national historic site in Canada.