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TIL: 5% of people do not experience a headache in their lifetime.

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GAoBg TIL that the garden of the Taj Mahal was designed by Ali Mardan Khan, a Kurdish chief belonging to the Zîk tribe, who was one of the emirs of Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan.
OWXg TIL of David Johnson, volcanologist. Successfully fought a Chief Brody-like fight to keep the summit Mt St Helens & Spirit Lake visitor-free for 2 months before the cataclysm. Instead of 1000 deaths there was 53; him among them, radioing “…Vancouver, this is it” seconds before he was incinerated.
R5ge4 TIL about an invented language from the 1800s called Esperanto. Its goal was to become a "world language" and the founder LL Zamenhof constructed it to be very easy to learn. It can be found on Duolingo and is the world's most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language.
e9gJ TIL because it is easily inhaled, baby powder is not recommended by pediatricians for use on babies.
OGMLX TIL that ELO's Out of the Blue, a double album comprised of 16 songs, was written in just 2 weeks.