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Today I learned about the original "Waka Waka" song
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TIL Auto Brewery Syndrome is a real condition in which carbohydrates are converted into alcohol and makes you permanently drunk
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TIL about Ruth Lawrence, who got an O-level in math at 9, graduated Oxford at 13 with starred 1st class honors in math, got a second bachelor's in physics at 14, and got her PhD in math at Oxford at 17
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TIL Smoking Areas existed in Public High Schools back in the 1980’s. Students could smoke cigarettes on school grounds between classes in designated lounges
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TIL of socialite Ida Wood: in 1907 she emptied her 1 million dollar bank account(21 million in today's money), declared she was “tired of everything" and shut herself in a hotel room along with her sisters. She stepped out of the room for the first time 24 years later
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TIL Philips couldn't use their name on any of their products in the United States, because their name was too similar to Philco. So, they decided to name their US products "Norelco" until 1974, and then "Magnavox" until 1981, when Philps bought Philco.