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TIL some cadavers that are donated to science are used by auto makers as crash-test dummies

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6E5aQ TIL Although there is no specialized sensory organ for time, our perception of time nevertheless depends on the rate of change in different sensory modalities. In the absence of sensory input, e.g. under anaesthesia, the sense of time is often lost or impaired.
EvDd TIL when the Emperor Nero began to go nuts, he would stage long singing performances wherein the audience would not be allowed to leave. Women gave birth during these performances and men would fake their deaths in the hopes of being carried out just so they could get away.
8ayLK TIL there are Lavender, Pink, & White Panther Parties
WkY7B TIL Texas abolished last meal requests after a prisoner ordered 2 chicken-fried steaks, a triple cheeseburger, a beef & cheese omelet , a pound of barbecued meat, a half loaf of bread, 3 fajitas, a meat-lover’s pizza, fried okra, a pint of Blue Bell, and peanut-butter fudge, and then did not eat it.
VjY0 TIL When Titanic was hit, none of the Engineers left till the very end, They stayed and kept the power on, So others could Escape.