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TIL If bright light makes you sneeze you may have ACHOO syndrome, a medical mystery over 2500 years old.

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GYK0j TIL Nutmeg contains a hallucinogenic compound called myristicin. You can get high with doses of 15 g of grounded nutmeg, and the effect include, hallucinations, dizziness and memory impairment of the trip. This is why it was part of prison culture in the middle of the twentieth century.
d8GBZ TIL the one-way speed of light has never been measured, and light could theoretically travel at different speeds in different directions
oRWwL TIL compared to their overall weight, koalas have among of the smallest brains of any animal. They are so dumb that they cannot identify leaves as food and refuse to consume them when they are placed on a flat surface as opposed to branches.
BrnDd TIL that praying mantes eat hummingbird brains:
KODZE TIL that for 14 years nobody on Sesame Street would believe Big Bird when he would try to tell them about Mr. Snuffleupagus. After an increase in child abuse cases, producers decided to make him "real" so children could see that adults will believe them when they have something important to say.