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TIL One of the best ultra runners in the world gained her ability after a seizure, warping her sense of time. She has no ability to gauge the amount of time she has left to run.

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4kROa TIL about the 18th century sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt and his Character Heads. He sought to capture the 64 grimaces of human expression in the sculptures and believed the work angered “the Spirit of Proportion”.
mrav TIL no wild orca has ever killed a human.
x6pVg TIL that a bear took a three year old child, off a front porch, by carrying her in it's front paws while running away on its hind legs. The child was later found dead and the bear was killed when it returned to finish eating the body.
Lwbm TIL Paula Radcliffe, current marathon world record holder, is an asthmatic
jDBj TIL that despite being an icon of fiscal conservatism, Ronald Reagan actually tripled the Gross Federal Debt, from $900 billion to $2.7 trillion during his administration.