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TIL that, due to a loophole in Kentucky marriage laws, the taxidermied remains of Cocaine Bear can officiate weddings

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raD4 TIL that when you run at night, you run faster because you primally sense your environment using your proprioception instead of with your eyes
4gNw TIL NASA has been breeding jellyfish in space for 20 years
Bg7Xr TIL scientists are working on extracting minerals and electrolytes from the deep ocean.
B8My TIL that Google calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road.
BgBnd TIL an analysis of Beethoven's hair found high levels of lead, arsenic & mercury. The high amount of lead in particular likely contributed to his deafness. One lock of hair had 380 micrograms per gram & a second one had 258 micrograms. A normal level of lead is around 4 micrograms or less per gram.