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TIL the obese man smoking a cigarette on the cover of Fatboy Slim's You've Come a Long Way Baby has yet to be identified.

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YVxG TIL there is an actual measurable difference between a pond and a lake. “If the water is deep enough that light does not get to the bottom, the body of water is considered a lake. A pond is a body of water shallow enough to support rooted plants.”
BrDJr TIL a 31 yr. old man was diagnosed with a fractured cervical spine caused by virtual reality gaming due to rapid movement and the headset weight. Visual stimulus removed the brains awareness of perceived threat to self harm allowing increased rotation of the spine.
VBN04 TIL about the psychiatric disorder 'glass delusion! The disorder caused people to fear that they were made of glass and likely to shatter. It was recorded in Europe, mainly in the 15th to 17th centuries.
R5e09 TIL that the children’s choir in “Another Brick in the Wall, pt. 2” was recorded by Pink Floyd’s producer and engineer without the band’s knowledge. The children were paid with concert tickets, an album and a single; only decades later did they file a claim to receive royalties.
PP8n TIL some birds fly from Alaska to Northern mexico without sleeping when migrating. And the military is studying them to make sleepless soldiers.