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TIL That a runny nose while crying, is caused by excess tears entering your sinus cavity. You cry out of your nose.

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78Epp TIL about "Olive Jinja" (オリーブ神社), a shinto shrine in the island of Shodo, Japan. Modeled after a greek classic temple, this is because the island was the first place in Japan were the olives successfully grew. The shrine is dedicated to the happiness and the peace
DQdDp TIL Redheads tend to need more anesthesia than those with darker hair, because of their MC1R gene. This gene not only influences a person's pigmentation, but it's been speculated to also influence their pain perception.
OooL4 TIL in 859 a man named Basil arrived in Constantinople penniless. Within 8 years, he had begun an affair with the Byzantine Emperor Michael III, had married the emperor's mistress, and had been crowned co-emperor. In 867 Basil murdered Michael in his bedchambers after first cutting off his hands.
8Bx8 TIL that J.P. Morgan bailed out the United States treasury twice to avert financial crisis.
8aRWV TIL that the New York City owns an abandoned 22-acre island less than one mile from Manhattan. It has been abandoned since 1963 with no current plans of development.