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TIL “biweekly” can mean both “twice a week” and"every two weeks"

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X1oE TIL Cary Grant said LSD achieved what yoga and meditation could not. Bonus: he sued Chevy Chase for slander
J1AnQ TIL: Black people with blond hair occur naturally in the islands Melanesia
JYDW4 TIL that in Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, certain scenes such as the forest swinging scene, Miles was animated a 12 frames a second while Peter was animated at 24 frames a second, making Miles look less smooth. This was done to show Miles' inexperience at being Spiderman compared to Peter.
ZXGD TIL the US gives Israel $3.1 Billion per year, or $8.5 million per day, in military aid even though their arms industry is one of the strongest in the world
Zp8ga TIL about “The deadly accordion wars of Lesotho” where you can be murdered for playing music. “After one Famo musician allegedly shot another in 2004, a cycle of revenge developed, fuelled by poisonous lyrics in songs.” This has now led to Lesotho having the sixth-highest homicide rate in the world.