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Today I learned: you can sue robocallers for $500 per call
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BrvQx
TIL that the reason why most birds sleep on one leg is that they have no plumage there. They therefore lift a leg up to keep it warm and thus limit heat exchange while maintaining the possibility of flying away quickly in case of danger.
MeKQ8
TIL Robert Altman's 14-year-old son, Michael, wrote the lyrics to "Suicide is Painless" for his dad's movie MAS*H. When the movie was turned into a TV show, the song was used as the theme of the series and he earned over $1 million in royalties.
d1k9
TIL Skydiving to raise money for NHS related charities cost the NHS £13.75 for every £1 raised.
9wWXX
TIL 13-year-old BlueScuti became the first human to reach the "kill screen" for the NES version of Tetris after a 40-minute 1,511 line performance. And until just a few years ago, the Tetris community at large had assumed that it was functionally impossible for someone to get much past 290 lines.
VyND
TIL: In the 1600s, a man who worked for Queen Elizabeth was so emberassed after an accidental fart, that he left England for 7 years. When he returned, the Queen greeted him by saying “My Lord, I had forgot the Fart.”