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TIL that Colonel Sanders of KFC fame wore only his trademark white suit in public for the last 20 years of his life

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e6JE TIL the chemical composition of tears varies depending on the emotion which caused them
epVN6 TIL Seattle receives more sunlight than Tokyo, Milan, or Paris
mxvVY TIL That there is a stress hormone called Cortisol that is concentrated in tears. You literally cry out your stress.
wLol1 TIL putting ice cubes in your hand, when you really want to experience physical pain, is a way of focusing on something without necessarily hurting yourself.
J1Da8 TIL about Lydia Litvyak aka White Lily of Stalingrad, the world's first female fighter pilot to score a kill in combat and later to become the first of the only two female fighter aces, scoring 12 solo and 4 team aerial victories in about a year of active combat duty. She was KIA aged 21 years old.