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TIL Red heads require 20% more anaesthesia then normal during surgery

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lo96a TIL that at the peak of its hyperinflation, the one trillion dollar Zimbabwean dollar note was worth 0.40 american dollars.
p8jO4 TIL that there's a national Rotten Sneaker Contest in the US that's gone on since the 1970s. The person with the nastiest sneakers/other sports shoes wins, and gets $2,500. It's a marketing campaign for Odor-Eaters, for ages 5-15.
4bEw TIL that C.S. Lewis entered a civil marriage with a woman so she could avoid deportation. Then, after she developed terminal cancer, they eventually fell in love and re-married while she was in the hospital. They were married for three years before she passed away.
oB8Ro TIL Newspeak from "Nineteen Eighty-Four" is based on an actual language proposal - Basic English, a proposed easy-to-learn version of English with only 850 core words.
ANR1w TIL in 1905, the Dawson City Nuggets of the Yukon Territory challenged the Ottawa Senators for the Stanley Cup. The Dawson City hockey players embarked on an arduous 3 week journey (4,000 miles) via dog sled, bicycle, foot, train, and ship. On arrival, they were were roundly defeated (9–2 and 23–2)