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nrGb TIL that when a sheriff from Florida was asked, why deputies shot a suspect 68 times, he replied “Because we ran out of bullets.”
lomL1 TIL a large number of animals have Tapetum Lucidum which is a reflective layer located behind the retina to bounce light a second time to help them see in the dark. Humans don't have this but deer, dogs, cats, cattle, and horses do!
jBnE TIL that in the song “Sittin on the Dock of the Bay,” Otis Redding simply whistled the last verse in the recording because he hadn’t thought of any lyrics yet. Three days after recording, he died in a plane crash, and both the song and the whistling became iconic.
VbgQ TIL that rubber, despite its many uses now, was called “rubber” because it rubs out pencil marks.
0wnPA TIL the first Nigerian Prince scam started over a hundred years ago, and the perpetrator was an American boy who requested $4 and a pair of old pants in exchange for Nigerian riches.