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TIL That only two states in the U.S. allow "mutual combat", being Washington and Texas. And that Consent to fight in Texas doesn’t need to be explicitly stated. If someone’s words and actions make it clear that they want to fight, this is considered consent

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wLGNJ TIL "Spotlight effect" is a feeling in which you overthink that you are being continuously observed, noticed, and judged by others (like walking into a room full of people or participating in a meeting discussion). The effect arises from being extremely self-conscious about what others may think.
a8LnL TIL: Tim Allen's real name is Timothy Alan Dick
KOlOB TIL that cocaine use is so pervasive in the restaurant industry, that Gordon Ramsay claims 30 out of 31 of his restaurants’ bathrooms tested positive. He even claims to have had a customer request it “sprinkled over a soufflé” at a charity dinner!
vP5b4 TIL, in his suicide note, mass shooter Charles Whitman requested his body be autopsied because he felt something was wrong with him. The autopsy discovered that Whitman had a pecan-sized tumor pressing against his amygdala, a brain structure that regulates fear and aggression.
b6nnZ TIL when Marie Curie fell into a depression, Einstein wrote her a letter telling her he felt lucky to have met her, and, referring to the newspaper articles constantly attacking her, he advised her “to simply not read that hogwash, but rather leave it to the reptile for whom it has been fabricated.”