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TIL that when you get a sunburn, it's not your skin cells being damaged by the sun's UV rays and dying, it's your skin cells' DNA being damaged by the sun's UV rays making the cells kill themselves to prevent turning into cancer

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av4b TIL until 1998, British politicians had to wear a top hat if making a point of order in the house of commons
Bg1pb TIL about Aergia the greek goddess of sloth, laziness and idleness. It is said that she is the guard in the court of the sleep god Hypnos in the underworld.
WkDP4 TIL that Edd Kalehoff, the original composer of "The Price is Right" theme song, was pressured into giving his ASCAP credit to another person and as a result has lost out on millions in royalties over the years.
6wkZ TIL : Burger King had a promotion where if you unfriended 10 people on Facebook, you will get a free Whopper. The application also alerted the friends they have been unfriended for a Whooper.
d8bZd TIL doctors declared Velma Thomas dead as her heart stopped beating and she had no brain waves for 17 hrs. Her family said goodbye and left her at the hospital to make funeral plans. Medical staff took her off life support and while removing her tubes, she suddenly came back to life.