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TIL Edward Furlong’s (of Terminator 2 and American History X fame) 6-year-old son tested positive for cocaine after spending the day with his father

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b9Z47 TIL: There is around $60 billion of unclaimed treasure still under the sea.
nGA7 TIL nobody has died from a confirmed spider bite in Australia since 1979. Deaths occur due to being surprised by them, while driving, etc.
woAYP TIL that Night of the Living Dead (1968) is responsible for the modern conception of zombies as unhinged flesh-eaters. Prior to the movie, "zombies" were typically portrayed as living people enslaved by priests. Interestingly however, the word "zombie" is never mentioned once in the entire film.
y9Je TIL: “Jamias vu” is a phenomenon completely opposite to “Deja vu”. Under this a person thinks he/she is seeing a situation for the first time despite rationally knowing that he/she has been in this situation before.
99wX TIL a UT-Austin undergrad wrote a paper proposing ratifying a long-dormant Constitutional amendment. He got a ‘C’, started a movement, and it was ratified in 1992.