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TIL Roy Cleveland Sullivan, nicknamed the "Human Lighting Rod," was struck by lightening on 7 different occasion between 1942 and 1977 and survived every strike

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PY1re TIL Carrie Fisher used gaffer's tape to hold down her breasts because George Lucas 'didn't want her looking too aggressively feminine'. Carrie Fisher joked about it saying: 'No breasts bounce in space, no jiggling in the Empire'.
j6p1E TIL that the first recorded cat video was filmed in 1894 by Thomas Edison, featuring two cats boxing in a ring. There are actually videos of this online
BgpRy TIL Mountain Dew was originally invented as a Whiskey mixer
XE9KR TIL that no carnivore can grind their teeth, while omnivores and herbivores can. This is because they don’t need to ruminate their food like others do, eg cows to grass.
OYX TIL that one ounce of LSD is enough to get 300,000 people high.