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TIL that ¼ of the population can induce a sneeze by looking into a light and that these people can experience up to 40 successive sneezes from exposure.

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5GOk TIL All Feature Films Actor John Cazale Appeared in During His Life Won Best Picture, Except One—The Conversation— Which Lost to The Godfather Part II, in Which He Also Appeared
Lk01d Til the American Government tried to instill the values of home ownership in the American people with federal programs in 1917 to prevent the rise of communism as they believed people who owned their own homes had a stake in the capitalist system.
L9eZ TIL that Ramon Artagaveytia, who survived the fire and sinking of a ship in 1871 suffered emotional scarring. 41 years later, he finally was able to overcome his fears, deciding to sail again; only to die in the sinking of that ship, which was the Titanic
4X585 TIL The Royal Clipper is a cruise ship that is built on the lines of the Preussen – a five mast sail ship that was built in the year 1902. At present, the Royal Clipper is regarded to be the world’s largest sailing ship with five masts that are rigged fully.
MdVm TIL There is such an expansive collection of books under the British library in their archive, that if a person could read 5 books per day it would take the 80,000 years to complete.