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TIL the anti-depressant drug Anafranil has a side effect where yawning can result in a sudden orgasm.

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lo07N TIL it is estimated that it will take another 300-700 years for the land in northern France to fully recover from the impact of WWI due to the vast amount of unexploded ordnance and poisoned soil.
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kW4W TIL that in Iceland, the syncretism between traditional beliefs and Christianity has led some people to create tiny little churches to convert elves.