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TIL in the 1950s, faith healer Greet Hofmans has been invited in the Dutch royal court thanks to her treating the eyes of Princess Maria Christina before causing controversy over her influence over Queens Wilhelmina and Beatrix

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4XG9J TIL The Tootsie Pop company has a award you can get for counting the number of licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop. The average is 600-800 licks but ranges from 100 to 5,800.
ZeJa TIL that Daniel Radcliffe, of Harry Potter fame, suffers from a form of “developmental coordination disorder.” On a bad day, he has trouble tying his own shoelaces.
QJ8xd TIL in the Halloween film "Hocus Pocus," Billy Bucherson coughed up real life moths. He was fitted with a mouth piece, which consisted of a latex pouch that held the dirt and moths.
evN4 TIL of the graphite bomb, a non-lethal weapon that can be delivered via warhead causing failure in electrical power systems by spreading a cloud of fine carbon particles that encourage arcing and short-circuiting between power lines.
GbjE TIL that it wasn’t until 380,000 years after the Big Bang that the universe became transparent enough to let light shine through it.