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TIL that you can have seizures all your life and never know it. They are Temporal Lobe seizures and are referred to auras and include a sense of deja vu or unexplained sense if dread.

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E1V67 TIL that Alexei Leonov, the first human to walk in space, was portrayed in the 2019 alternate history series ‘For all Mankind’ as the first person to walk on the moon
W7ZLB TIL That Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the 54th Massachusetts portrayed in the movie 'Glory', was buried with his troops in a mass grave at Fort Wagner upon his death. Though the Confederates did so as an insult Shaw's family and friends believed he would have considered it an honor.
lQP5 TIL that the name “Spandex” was chosen because it’s an anagram of “Expands”.
p8D8O TIL in 2011 British banger racers managed to wreck 100 Austin Westminsters in a night, which meant that they destroyed about 30% of all surviving examples.
Vaj4 TIL Max Martin, a 43-year-old Swede, has co-written more #1 singles than anyone since the Beatles. His credits include “I Want It That Way”, “Oops!… I Did It Again”, “It’s My Life”, “Since U Been Gone”, “I Kissed a Girl”, “Shake It Off”, and much more.