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TIL the United States Navy Pre-Flight School created a routine to help pilots fall asleep in 2 minutes or less. It took pilots about 6 weeks of practice, but it worked — even after drinking coffee and with gunfire noises in the background.

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e0Xk6 TIL that in Sri Lanka, by law, women are STILL prohibited from buying alcohol! The law was briefly abandoned in 2018, only for the president at that time to step in and reactivate this archaic law again.
QJ4aL TIL that the official divorce complaint of Mary Louise Bell, wife of world-famous physicist Richard Feynman, was that "He begins working calculus problems in his head as soon as he awakens. He did calculus while driving in his car, while sitting in the living room, and while lying in bed at night."
l70RK TIL that in the Battle of Montgisard, Baldwin IV's army of only about 3,000-4,500 crusaders defeated Saladin's much larger army of approximately 21,000-26,000 men.
GYdME TIL - Over 90% of people who were diagnosed allergic to penicillin as children will lose this allergy over a 10 year period. A test can confirm this and open up more drugs to you for treatment
8eLGX TIL for the 1980 presidential election, one of Ronald Reagan's first choices for vice president was former president Gerald Ford