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TIL the phrase "happy hour" (before it became associated with drinking during Prohibition era) originates as U.S. Naval slang used to describe the entertainment period in which activities such as boxing and wrestling matches would occur on board.

Q6d6 TIL about Tarrare, a slender French man who lived in the 1700s. He had a bizarrely insatiable appetite which could never be satisfied. While under medical observation, he would eat everything he could find like cats, snakes and corpses. He was even suspected of eating a toddler.
xW87 TIL the reason we see stars/shapes when we rub our eyes is because our brain doesnt know the difference between light and pressure when either stimulates the cells in our eyes
lowxA TIL: Of the 22 people voted to award the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar, 15 of them are are now either banned from FIFA for life, suspended, imprisoned, or fighting extradition to the USA to face federal charges. Only one still actually works for FIFA
4kVMo TIL U.S. Air Force Captain Chuck Yeager becomes the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound, at the controls of his rocket-powered Bell X-1, named “Glamorous Glennus” for his wife, breaks the sound barrier. Yeager achieves a top speed of Mach 1.07 before descending safely.
NP41 TIL that Disney was so eager to persuade Robin Williams for the voice of the genie in Aladdin that before approaching him they animated and lip-synced the genie doing a performance from Robin’s album Reality… What a Concept. Williams was impressed and immediately accepted the role.