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Y70O7 TIL that despite the common belief that seizures in epileptics are induced by flashing lights, 95-97% of epileptics do not have photosensitive epilepsy.
9Y74B TIL there is a Marvel comic titled "Demon in a Bottle" in which Iron Man battles alcoholism
VZyB TIL Why the spicy mustard you get with Chinese food, burns your sinuses instead of mostly your tongue is because it’s got a different chemical than capsaicin that is more volatile. It basically evaporates when you chew it.
D8Og TIL that the founding father of Dubai said this about his city’s future: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel”
kJ44g TIL that Dr. Leila Alice Daughtry Denmark was America's oldest known practicing physician when she retired in 2001. She was one of the first women pediatricians in Atlanta, and has been seeing patients and advising parents for more than seventy years.