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

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NG6M TIL on June 29, 1995, a department store in Seoul, Korea collapsed, killing 500 people. During construction, the owner insisted on adding an unauthorized 6th floor with a swimming pool. When his engineers protested, they were fired.
7NnZ TIL that Dr Pepper sued Coca-Cola for making a similar beverage and naming it “Peppo”. Coca-Cola renamed it Dr. Pibb, were sued again and then settled on Mr. Pibb.
Z87a4 TIL that abracadabra is actually a Hebrew (or Aramaic) phrase meaning “I create what I speak”
JYEwv TIL 70% of the human genome is transcribed but only 2% of it codes for proteins; the rest has been known since the 1960's as non-coding RNA or "junk RNA".
8a5da TIL of Oklahoma earthquake swarms, an increasing number of earthquakes in the state since 2009 related to the Oil & Gas Industry injecting wastewater in deep ground.