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TIL I suffer with Laryngospasm. During the night I wake up choking on my own stomach acid.

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neaQ7 TIL of the Haber–Bosch process developed in the 20th century - the process produces 450 million tonnes of nitrogen fertilizer per year now & has allowed to global population to grow from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 7 billion today
p8yJQ TIL that a micromort is a unit of risk defined as one-in-a-million chance of death. Micromorts can be used to measure riskiness of various day-to-day activities
78ylP TIL Some species of hermaphroditic flatworm engage in a violent "penis fencing" ritual when mating. The winner of which stabs the other with its sharp tip and inseminates the loser.
GAQbJ TIL Syracuse, NY has the only upside-down traffic light in the world
DWpD TIL Xerox has an “adopt a plant” program where employees water an office plant, saving the company $200,000 per year on watering services.