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TIL that at around 20 metres underwater gravity overtakes the buoyancy of your body and you start falling towards the centre of the earth.

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4kkDR TIL about Crisis Apparition. A term used to explain when someone is contacted by a person they were close too, usually after death. During the after math of 9/11 many people claim to have been contacted by loved ones that died that day.
evKD TIL Weird Al Yankovic had asked permission from Prince to parody his songs on numerous occasions, and has always been refused. When the two were assigned to sit in the same row at an award’s show, he got a telegram from Prince’s lawyers demanding he not make eye contact
G4JG TIL that in 1873 a war broke out between Republicans and Democrats after both sides claimed they won the state election for Governor. Louisiana Democrats formed a “shadow” government, their own paramilitary force called the White League, and massacred more than 150 African Americans.
PYBRn Today I learned that Count von Count from Sesame Street has hypnotic powers, but only used them in two episodes.
Avgx TIL Using facial recognition software, an airport’s vending machine dispensed free coffee for anyone who yawned