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Today I learned Afrin addiction was a thing.

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x6y90 TIL The Mercury astronaut candidate examinations involves sensory deprivation test of you being placed in a circular 8 foot deep tank of body temperature water without hallucinating. The normal reaction is for the subconscious mind to take over and one lapses into uncontrollable hallucinations
xVrBo TIL When you bail someone out of jail you get the money back if they attend their court dates
wP7Y TIL that tiny pseudoscorpions (about 4mm) live inside old books, effectively protecting them by eating booklice and dustmites
GY4Q7 TIL about “War Babies” a very odd short film from 1934 that featured a bunch of toddlers in diapers acting out creepily grown-up plots. Shirley Temple does stuff like trade kisses for lollipops and says things like “I’m expensive.” Video is in the link.
W7MxL TIL the Wright Brothers (airplane inventors) did not finish high school