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TIL of a condition called "synesthesia", where different senses associate with each other. E.G a number can have a colour, or a sound can have a smell

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woVd6 TIL that Sirhan Sirhan, convicted assassin of Robert Kennedy, was granted parole last year and almost got out but Governor Newsom blocked his release in January 2022.
rRgPx TIL about John C. Malone, the largest private landowner in the United States, possessing upwards to 2.2 million acres, which is more than twice the size of Rhode Island.
45Zb TIL that GiveDirectly, a non-profit that gives money to poor people, has been evaluated to be one of the most effective means of charity.
Z85QQ TIL animator Hayao Miyazaki was an absentee father. Growing up, his son Goro's main exposure to his father was through Hayao's work. Hayao later walked out on his son's film and refused to recognize him as a grown man.
PZMw TIL, In 2006, a woman farted on a plane and tried to cover up the smell by lighting matches, causing an emergency landing.