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TIL about Linda Buonanno, an IBS patient who was relieved of symptoms by knowingly taking a placebo pill

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nW8KP TIL the jones beach water tower (know locally as the pencil) situated in the roundabout in jones beach wantah, ny is modeled after St Mark's Campanile in Venice.
8eR5Z TIL Hans Christian Ørsted made the first connection between electricity and magnetism, which brought about a communications revolution due to its application to the electric telegraph
awbvy TIL that the sun will transform into a red giant in a few billion years and expand to 256 times it's size. Mercury, Venus and Earth will get engulfed and the habitable zone will be pushed well into the Kuiper Belt. A host of new moons are expected to become suitable for the existence of life.
OM9X TIL that Penn Jillette of Penn & Teller did a “penny behind the ear trick” for television while having brain surgery. Teller had him remain conscious so that he could see the penny after Teller produced it and say it was the one he marked. The resulting footage was too disturbing to be aired.
6EBVW TIL halting sneezing via blocking the nostrils and mouth is a dangerous manoeuvre. It may lead to numerous complications, such as pneudomediastinum (air trapped in the chest between both lungs), perforation of the tympanic membrane (perforated eardrum), and even rupture of a cerebral aneurysm.