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TIL about Empty Nose Syndrome, where occasionally after nasal surgery some patients feel like they are constantly suffocating, leading to suicide in rare cases

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mJwE TIL: In 1989, Trump paid $85,000 for an ad pushing death penalty for 14 year old boy who was later exonerated of the crime. Even though proven innocent through DNA testing, Trump still refuses to apologize
9jGM TIL in 2022, two stars in the constellation Cygnus will collide causing a red nova explosion that will be about as bright in our sky as Polaris, the North Star