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TIL the fear of palindromes is called aibohphobia.

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nWBXo TIL that Van Gogh spent the last few months of his life in Auvers-sur-Oise, which is a small town to the north of Paris. He continued to paint up until his death in 1890. He also was admitted to the Asylum of Saint Paul in Saint-Rémy because of severe mental illness.
WkyDL TIL Eddie Izzard ran 47 marathons in 52 days with only 5 weeks of training
b98ap TIL that lemons contain more sugar than strawberries. On average, a lemon contains 70% of sugar while a strawberry contains only 40% of sugar. The citric acid (3-6%) dominate the saccharine levels in lemons, resulting in the sour taste and tanginess.
MeK7b TIL That Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin concluded the first that stars were primarily made of hydrogen and helium in her 1925 thesis, but added that her results were "spurious" because of the consensus at that time. She was eventually proved right by other researchers, yet is almost never credited.
0wEOL TIL the expression "Oh the humanity!!" is a quote from the news reporter Herbert Morrison while describing the Hindenburg disaster in real time.