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TIL that hiccups were an evolutionary necessity, but now they serve no purpose.

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GY6m1 TIL "Seven Days to the River Rhine", a USSR battle plan forged at 1979, which planned to carpet bombing western Europe with nukes so the forces Warsaw Pact could push to Rhine river within a week.
0gbN TIL that when asked about the possibility of a third party candidate succeeding in the presidential election, Ralph Nader answered: “It’s a two party dictatorship unless you’re worth billions of dollars.”
MR8A TIL that Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley’s Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910
XEVO8 TIL about Jean-Claude Romand who lied about being a medical doctor for 18 years before killing his wife, children and parents when he was about to be exposed
KYZ9w TIL about the event known as the Dancing Plague of 1518, where hundreds of people in Strasbourg danced uncontrollably for days without rest, leading to numerous deaths from heart attack, stroke, and exhaustion