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TIL 1 out of every 3 people sneeze when exposed to bright light.

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L7K0 TIL Laverne from Scrubs was only killed off because Bill Lawrence was under the impression that it would be the last season of the show. He promised her actor a role, and cast her as a near identical nurse named “Shirley”.
x6aeb TIL that college students at Brigham Young University can get expelled for consuming coffee or tea
e51E TIL The Blackbird SR-71 had a fuel system that was designed to leak before takeoff, and flew so fast it sealed itself during flight from the heat.
kkg7 TIL in 2001, the United States Court of Appeals upheld the right of Alice Randall to publish a parody of ‘Gone with the Wind’ called 'The Wind Done Gone’, which told the same story from the point of view of Scarlett O'Hara’s slaves, who were glad to be rid of her.
8k0Z TIL in 1956, due to a combination of air friction and a steepened dive path, an F-11 Tiger shot itself down with its own gunfire