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TIL Humans can’t walk in a straight line without looking at something. If blindfolded, we gradually walk in a circle. It seems like our brain needs a reference point to stay on track!

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LQL0m TIL that in Tiger Woods 99 for the PlayStation 1, in the first 100,000 copies of the game had an Easter egg that a developer snuck in when put into a computer, it contained a DAT. file that would play the first ever South Park short made. These copies were later recalled by EA
loJPG TIL that the lead singer of the punk rock band The Offspring, Bryan Keith "Dexter" Holland, is also a molecular biologist and he is a licensed pilot. He also has his own brand of hot sauce named Gringo Bandito.
yVrZa TIL that Paralympic athletes with spinal cord injuries cheat by intentionally breaking bones or electrocuting themselves before a competition; as their heart rate and blood pressure does not naturally increase while competing.
Jpek TIL: That Kang and Kodos (Aliens in The Simpsons) are often referred to as Brother and Sister, yet sometimes they are referred to as both sisters.
M77B TIL John Adams wrote in the MA Constitution that “ it shall be the duty of legislators and magistrates in all future periods of this commonwealth to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences”