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TIL that NYC trash collectors refer to maggots as "disco rice":

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jjrX TIL a 15-year-old blind kid was able to use his enhanced hearing to hack telephone systems by perfectly reproducing dial tones. He even went as far as faking calls to the SWAT team in order to have them surround the houses of his enemies.
VMAxD TIL that Dr. Seuss was humiliated by Theodore Roosevelt when he was a kid during an award ceremony, resulting in Dr. Seuss fearing large crowds for the rest of his life.
pBjA TIL there was an early 70’s #1 Italian song written entirely in english gibberish to mimic what english sounds like to a non-english speaker
ODOY TIL the FBI will reward $10000 to anyone who reports people who shoot lasers at planes.
QQed TIL that researchers discovered a clam estimated to be 507 years old – the oldest-ever living animal – and accidentally killed it.