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TIL that daith ear cartilage piercings can relieve some people of migraines by severing part of the vagus nerve

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0M7p TIL that Jim Croce’s first album was financed by a $500.00 wedding gift from his parents. The money came with one condition; Jim must use it to make an album. His parents rationale? Jim would surely fail and thereby abandon his dreams of becoming a professional musician to get a “real job”.
nLWb TIL last year the 80 richest people in the world had more wealth than half the world’s population combined. Only 4 years earlier the number was 388.
BgoL TIL that sanctions against Iraq in the 1990s are estimated to have killed over 500,000 children. When confronted with this statistic, then Secretary of State Madeleine Albright remarked that this cost was “worth it” to promote regime change
d8JWK TIL: There's more caffeine in diet cola than regular cola.
0wkjM TIL that in the 1962 World Cup, the Chilean team ate Swiss cheese before beating Switzerland, spaghetti before beating Italy, and drank vodka before beating the USSR. Then they drank coffee before their match against Brazil but lost.