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TIL That Gary Grant Tripped On Acid At Least 72 Times Under The Supervision of a Psychiatrist

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Bn6L TIL that there is currently only one known person in the world who was born in the 1800s: 116 year old Emma Morano
16Z67 TIL of the Polynesian legend of Mahuika – goddess of fire and the grandmother of Māui. She married Auahi-roa (a comet) and their children were the fingernails of fire on Mahuika's hand. Years later, Māui retrieved the fingernails and planted them in the trees used for making fire.
GAW9N TIL Ticketmaster is the tip of the iceberg. One man owns Live Nation, iHeartRadio, SIRIUSXM, Ticketmaster, and Pandora.
9YxQB TIL that after the US Airways flight collided with a flock of Canada geese (forcing it to land in the Hudson river), officials in New York captured and gassed 1200 Canada geese and destroyed 1700 eggs in an effort to prevent similar accidents
pY9pQ TIL: Vampire bats can detect heat using a modified version of the receptor that responds to burning or capsaicin (spicy things). They can "see" at ~30 degrees C