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TIL that Osama bin Laden loved sunflowers and one of al-Qaeda’s training centres was on his sunflower farm in Sudan

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VVLG TIL Orlando Serrell suffered a traumatic brain injury when playing baseball as a kid that went untreated due to his families financial situation. However since the day of his accident he’s been able to recall every day of his life, including the date, day of the week and the weather.
neov7 TIL Male jewel beetles often prefer to mate with beer bottles instead of female jewel beetles due to the beer bottle's large size and attractive coloring.
5YZnr TIL that 'Post-micturition Convulsion Syndrome' is when a person shivers when peeing, or has the 'pee shivers'. And it seems to be more frequently reported by men than women, with no definitive researched reason why it happens in the first place.
djPd TIL that Lubbock, Texas has been ranked as the most boring city in the United States (100,000 inhabitants or more), partially due to its poor art, food and music scenes
rRVGd TIL in 1898, some 73% of Alabama's entire annual state revenue came from convict leasing.