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TIL that alien abduction stories are probably based on sleep paralysis, a condition where you wake up, dream-hallucinate someone in your room, and can’t move.

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YpkZx TIL of “The Shadows from the Walls of Death”—an 86-paged book considered to be one of the deadliest tomes in the world. Each page contains a sample of wallpaper saturated in a lethal amount of arsenic and any contact with bare skin can prove fatal.
m1m6y TIL that actor Red Foxx was only 49 when he starred in Sandford & Son. He wore makeup to look older.
WVR9 TIL In the 1970s, Mattel sold a doll called “Growing Up Skipper.” Her breasts grew when her arm was turned.
E1nn7 TIL the show Portlandia was banned from a feminist bookstore in Portland for their skits. They claimed that Fred Armisen's dressing as a woman was derogatory mockery towards trans women. They're no longer welcome to film in the location.
69ddm TIL Nike's famous slogan, "Just Do It," has a dark past. It was inspired by murderer Gary Gilmore. When he was sentenced to death in October he was asked if he had any last words. Facing down a five-man firing squad, Gilmore said: "Let's do it."