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TIL there are more than 60,000 slaves currently living in the United States.

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ANE9a TIL - The spray from your mouth when yawning is likely due to a phenomenon called "gleeking," which is the involuntary ejection of saliva from the sublingual glands under your tongue. This can happen when the muscles in your mouth contract during yawning, creating a stream of salia.
p80Bb TIL that Nintendo was founded in 1889 as a playing card company.
bVvZ TIL studies suggest that people who swear often, stay up late, and are messy, tend to have high IQ’s
VMwVD TIL that LSD causes the regions in the brain involved in introspection and the regions involved in sensory perception of the outside world to communicate with each other more intensely than usual, which is why people tend to feel a sense of oneness with the universe while under its influence.
DeEv TIL In the original version of The Hobbit, Gollum willingly bets the ring on the outcome of the Riddle Game, and they part on friendly terms. It was later revised to it’s current version to fit Tolkien’s planned sequel.