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TIL there is a medical term for the head rush you get from standing up too fast; 'Orthostatic Hypotension'

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4XVjX TIL the naturalist William Buckland spent much of his life trying to eat every animal possible to see how it tasted. He grew fond of eating Mice on toast, while His least favorite meals were that of mole, and bluebottle flies.
0kV5 TIL A man was sentenced to 25 in prison for stealing a slice of pizza from a group of children
BL6d TIL a mysterious young woman known only as “Bionerd23” has spent the last couple of years wandering around the destroyed nuclear plant at Chernobyl, ignoring the radiation danger and occasionally eating radioactive apples. Despite her dozens of YouTube videos, no one seems to know who she is.
YjwG TIL over 22 million chickens are eaten in the US every day.
N1v1 TIL that Hugh Hefner is credited for breaking the color barrier in stand up comedy when he hired African American comedian Dick Gregory to perform at the Playboy Club in Chicago.