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TIL a man with an unusually tiny brain managed to live a very normal life

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4kEr6 TIL: The pre-game military fly-overs conducted while the Star Spangled Banner plays at pro sports events is actually a planned training run for flight teams and doesn't cost "extra" as many speculate, but is already factored into the annual training budget.
M7yZ0 TIL that "Yobai" is a Japanese cultural practice traditionally associated with rural areas, where young men discreetly visit the homes of unmarried women at night to engage in romantic encounters or courtship, often involving stealthy approaches and whispered conversations.
7rlDP TIL In 1994 Microsoft's Bill Gates, whose fortune is estimated at nearly $7 billion, bought out all the available rooms at the 250-room hotel to keep media from staying there and reportedly hired all the helicopters on Maui to keep photographers from flying over the wedding.
ANJbx TIL a Supreme Court case challenged the Civil Rights Act of 1964 the very same year it was passed. In Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that Title II of the act did not exceed Congress's authority by the Commerce Clause, and the Act remained constitutional.
9V8p TIL The FBI drugged and assassinated Fred Hampton face down in his sleep.