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TIL in 1985 the great-grandson of Oscar F. Mayer gave away his $1.4 million inheritance (adjusted for inflation) at age 26 to become an activist and academic expert, specializing in inequality, tax policy and hereditary wealth

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gMAXD TIL that the most successful female sniper in history, Lyudmila Pavlichenko, couldn't pull the trigger on her first kill, until she saw a German shooting a young Russian soldier. She went on to record 309 confirmed kills in WWII.
pXp TIL Japan has over 200 Kit Kat flavors (including wasabi)
GAlwG TIL that people with dementia perceive a black doormat as a hole, not a doormat. They avoid stepping on it due to visual issues, and this is used to prevent them from leaving care facilities.
AD8Go TIL that the bodies of hypothermia victims are often found "hidden" in strange places such as closets, under the bed and behind furniture. This is a primal, evolutionary response called "hide and die" which victims experience moments before they perish.
OoBj7 TIL that the trippy patterns that you see when you shut your eyes tightly are called phosphenes. They are caused by electrical charge produced in the retina and or mechanical stimuli such as rubbing your eyes