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

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ewQn TIL in 1980 16 stranded and frozen Danish fishermen were rescued and after being given a warm drink all 16 dropped dead from constricted capillaries reopening almost all at once, causing a sudden drop in blood pressure.
vPy68 TIL in 2011, a 29-year-old Australian bartender found an ATM glitch that allowed him to withdraw way beyond his balance. In a bender that lasted four-and-half months, he managed to spend around $1.6 million of the bank’s money.
m1OBp TIL there is no antonym for nightmare.
PYAXJ TIL Ariana Grande's family owns the company that developed the first reliable marine communications system. It was adopted by the US Military and proved to be virtually indestructible. In 1994, this telephone system was found aboard the WWII Liberty Ship the SS Brown in perfect working order.
8e79G TIL Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the few major European cities with a Catholic Church, synagogue, mosque and Eastern Orthodox church in the same neighborhood