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TIL: Wearing a tie may seriously damage your body and eyesight

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p8BmN TIL Will Ferrell's shocked reactions to the jack-in-the-box's in "Elf" were genuine, as Jon Favreau was controlling them remotely offstage.
QJG5k TIL The hands of 1932 World Yo-Yo Champion, Harvey Lowe, were insured for $150,000. He travelled through Europe and taught the Prince of Wales how to play the Yo-Yo.
wXk8 TIL “Big Ben” isn’t the name of the clock tower, but only a bell inside it. The clocktower is actually called “Elizabeth Tower”.
vP0Lj TIL in 1647, the British Parliament banned Christmas in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. Christmas was rebelliously celebrated with men carrying spikes clubs patrolling the streets making sure shops stayed closed and riots in Norwich killing 40 people, resulting in the Second Civil War
b9AbZ TIL that sea urchins are devastating the US West Coast's vital kelp forests. Since 2014, their population has increased by 10,000%, and in Northern California, over 90% of the giant bull kelp forests have been destroyed. The "urchin barrens" that are left are killing off important fisheries.