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TIL Nintendo owns the Seattle Mariners

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4XVRg TIL that the human eye is different from most animals in that we have a large sclera -- the white part of the eye. It's theorized that we evolved this so we could silently communicate where we are looking.
Y7VO7 TIL of mut'ah, a "marriage" contract lasting an hour that is practiced by Shia people which acts as a form of legal prostitution in Iraq, Iran, and other areas with notable Shia population
OajX TIL Steven Russell walked out of a Texas jail 4 different times without holding any hostages or brandishing any weapon, is serving 119 years just for those escapes (144 years total) and is under solitary confinement 23 hours a day.
YpjK7 TIL about Clementine Barnabet, an American teenager who murdered and beheaded 35 people with an ax due to her belief in a voodoo cult called the Church of Sacrifice. Sentenced to life in prison at age 18 in in 1912, she escaped in 1923 and was never heard of again.
5YkJp TIL the actor who played Uncle Lewis in Christmas Vacation (William Hickey) was only 61 years old when the movie was filmed