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TIL about "Terminal Lucidity." The unexpected return of mental clarity and memory shortly before the death of patients suffering from severe psychiatric and neurologic disorders

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mK6o TIL that alligators in Louisiana have learned to balance sticks on their snouts specifically during egret and heron nesting season, when the birds are actively searching for nest materials. This is the first known case of predators using lures based on seasonal prey behavior.
7rDlb TIL Lorne Michaels - the creator of SNL - considers Steven Seagal to be the biggest jerk ever on the show. Seagal is banned from ever hosting the show again.
DnOY TIL Napoleon Dynamite star Jon Heder was paid $1,000 to play the role of Napoleon. The film went on to gross over $40,000,000 in the United States alone.
r9Wx TIL the chief minster of Karnataka, India is a self-confessed agnostic. During his swearing-in ceremony, he took oath in the name of “Truth” and not God.
Z8B5Y TIL that Radiohead composed a song for the James Bond movie "Spectre" which got rejected for being too dark.