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TIL: You can buy a pair of pillows that will glow and transmit the heartbeat of your significant other to help ease the pain of long distance relationships

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waW8 TIL that in 2007, just before Australia’s federal election, it was revealed former PM Kevin Rudd had attended a New York strip club while serving in parliament, but a poll released shortly after showed that Rudd’s approval rating had INCREASED since the revelations. He went on to win the election.
1agXW TIL Leonard Nimoy suffered from Alcoholism, and at one point began drinking covertly on the set of "Star Trek".
gWeW TIL that Danny Trejo often chooses to play bad guys to teach younger audiences that bad guys often die or go to prison, and that one should try to live a decent life.
ep4VL TIL: Martin Luther King paid the bill for Julia Roberts’ birth
R091 TIL that during the Vietnam war, canine units were successful used to track down snipers. The trained dogs could determine the direction of the sound of the bullet, and would lie down with its head pointed at the origin of the gunshot.