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TIL that chronic hiccups (lasting 2 days to a month) are a thing

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yQr4p TIL British Rail applied for and were granted a patent to a Flying Saucer in the 1970's.
5VrBB TIL that the first photograph of a person was an accident.
ZkJD TIL In 2003, Juan Catalan was cleared of murder charges, after outtake footage shot for “The Car Pool Lane” episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm showed him and his daughter attending the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. Atlanta Braves baseball game some 20 miles from the crime scene at the time of the murder.
Z8aYa TIL that there is an inverse relationship between how much a couple who is getting married spends on their engagement ring/wedding ceremony, and how long the marriage lasts, meaning that the more they spend, the less the marriage typically lasts.
xVAy5 TIL: John Major, British Prime Minister (1990-1997), left school at 15 and only completed his O-levels years later by correspondence; this would be the equivalent of US president having only a GED.