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TIL the existence of the term "scromiting" : the act of screaming while vomiting, linked to the cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome. Since there is an intense abdominal pain, the person screams while he/she vomits.

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yXaV TIL that in WW2 an American pilot fell over 20,000 feet and survived by falling through the glass roof of a train station.
rD6W TIL the UK virtually eliminated salmonella by vaccinating chickens. The U.S. has declined to mandate such vaccinations.
a4RM TIL in 1995, when looking through the manuscripts of Carl Koller at the Library of Congress, a German historian found a small envelope of cocaine with the note: “Remainder of the first dose with which I made my initial cocaine experiment in 1884”
jBJv TIL 3 people were hanged for the 1660 murder of William Harrison in the year 1661. In 1662, William Harrison returned on a ship after escaping slavery, having been kidnapped by pirates. This lead to the “no body, no murder” rule.
NlW6 TIL of the almost 200 current member states of the United Nations, the British have, at some point in history, invaded and established a military presence in 171 of them.