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TIL Honeymoon Rhinitis is a condition that causes runny nose and nasal congestion during arousal and sex

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m1lgx TIL Mozart was actually in the top 5% of wage earners for his time. He squandered most of his money by the time of his death, and was buried in a pauper's grave.
4QNw TIL that the saxophone was invented only in 1846 by Adolphe Sax. As a child, he survived a three-story fall, a gunpowder explosion, drinking a bowl of sulfuric water, a near-poisoning due to furniture varnish, and falling into a speeding river. His neighbors called him “little Sax, the ghost.”
R7kZ1 TIL that 'Essa Coca é Fanta' is a slur in Brazil and means "this Coke is Fanta" and has been used to make fun of Homosexuals.In 2017 Coca-Cola Brazil came out in support of the LGBTQ community and filled all its common areas and break room refrigerators with Coke cans actually filled with Fanta
NX6mP TIL that there are symbols beyond the percent sign %: permille sign ‰ and permyriad sign ‱
Ve9k TIL Wal-Mart has a crime problem; cost cutting and employee reductions drove a rise in crime that led one community to deem the retailer a public nuisance and another to task ‘Officer Walmart’ to the retailer for up to 10 hours a day. Target doesn’t have these issues; they invest in more security.