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TIL Globus pharyngeus is the persistent but painless sensation of having a pill, food bolus, or some other sort of obstruction in the throat when there is none.

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XEJMj TIL during WWII the British government distributed 600,000 Morrison shelters, which were designed as a DIY indoor bomb shelter kit for houses without cellars. When properly positioned they could protect a family from the collapse of a two story building and also doubled as dining table.
D119D TIL that the founders of Starbucks learned the trade from the founder of Pete's, and that he was later critical of them for not roasting to his high standards of quality.
L51v TIL Korobeiniki, widely known for being featured in Nintendo’s 1989 release of Tetris, is actually a traditional Russian folk song. More details in comments.
BgRpL TIL that the popular chemical brand WD-40 stands for Water Displacement-40, the 40 referring to the 40th attempt to successfully create a solution that actually worked, and it was originally meant to be specifically for aeronautics.
Z8Rb4 TIL about King Farouk of Egypt, who was condemned as lustful, greedy, sybaritic, and avaricious, yet one author wrote that he was the victim of "sizeism", charging that Farouk was condemned for his lifestyle because he was fat and bald.