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TIL of a girl named Laura Buxton who released a balloon with her name on it that landed in the yard of another girl also named Laura Buxton. They also have the same color hair, are in the same grade, have black three-year-old female Labrador dogs and a rabbit and identical guinea pigs each.

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mWgy TIL Christopher Lee (91), who played Saruman, Count Dooku, etc. is a descendant of the First Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne. He is a heavy metal singer and recorded a full solo album (2010). He killed Nazis in the British special forces, and even witnessed the last guillotine execution in France
d8o6Q TIL that the team behind The Sims had originally decided to leave same-sex relationships out of the game until a newbie on the team by the name of Patrick J. Barrett III coded all basic interactions of the game due to one of his senior team members being on vacation
d8E7j TIL about Matthew Ryan Hahn, a man that while robbing a house discovered photographs of a man molesting a 2 year old girl. Matthew had 2 strikes on his record already and risked life in prison but still sent evidence to the local police and admitted to the burglary.
VMAlG TIL in psychology there is a principle called “contrast” (if you left a heavy item first then a light item second, the second item will feel lighter than actually it is). That’s why online businesses show you the expensive items first so the less expensive items seem cheap and affordable to you.
Jyaj TIL that when US presidents travel, their poops are collected and protected to avoid analysis which can detect what they ate or whether they have medical conditions.