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TIL that the ‘falling sensation’ and jerk reflex felt before sleep may go back to our ancestors having to re-adjust themselves when sleeping in trees, so they didn’t fall out.

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GY6Kj TIL most of the deaths caused by tropical cyclones are not caused by the wind but by the storm surge.
74DP TIL that, according to George Lucas, the entire Star Wars saga is told by R2D2, some hundred years after Return of the Jedi.
OnjR TIL that there will not be a full moon in February 2018 and that this phenomenon happens approx. every 19 years.
7rMJL TIL that Japanese prisoners who are on death row are informed on the morning of their execution.their relatives, lawyer are told afterwards.
l7lWK TIL that the Ohio River at Cincinnati has been as shallow as ~ 2 feet, in 1881, and has a record crest of 80 feet, in 1937.