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TIL about empty nose syndrome (ENS) a disorder that sometimes occurs after corrective surgery for a deviated septum that makes its sufferers feel like they are constantly drowning and can often drive them to suicide

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VQ54 TIL that after Soviet Russia signed a cooperative pact with Nazi Germany in 1939, they invaded and annexed Poland, and they claimed it was to protect the Ukrainians and Belarusians who lived in the eastern part of Poland.
amjN TIL that some interns at Google earn up to $90,000
PV0n TIL that the first black Deputy US Marshal of the Wild West was said to have arrested over 3,000 felons in his career, including his own son. He had his belt and hat shot off several times, but was never wounded himself.
69XPY TIL that the city council of the 2.5 square mile city of Bell in Los Angeles fraudulently paid themselves the highest salaries for the positions in the country, over $750k per year, largely set up via a voter fraud scheme to remove salary caps.
neJLb TIL that during the Great Depression, the Hershey Company marketed Mr. Goodbar as a "tasty lunch" because the peanuts it contained provided added nutritional value. During the 1950s and '60s it was marketed as an "quick energy" bar.