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TIL about toasted skin syndrome, a rash caused by prolonged exposure to moderate heat such as from laptops or space heaters.

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yVdla TIL that NATO states would not be obliged to defend Hawaii if it were attacked by a foreign power. This is because Article 6’s geographic ranges exclude Hawaii.
N7yX6 TIL that of the 77 Olympians competing in the golf tournament at the 1904 Summer Olympics, 74 of them represented the USA and 3 of them represented Canada. Canada won the Gold.
b9PD9 TIL about the untold story behind Harrison Ford's deleted cameo in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Spielberg cut the scene as it didn’t add much, and Ford’s presence seemed more of a distraction. It now only exists as a blurry YouTube video and in fragments on making-of featurettes
JXoQ TIL that during a siege, the viking legend Harald Hardrada fell sick, faked his death, and had his men convince the enemy to bury him inside the castle. As they entered, they dropped the casket, took up arms and conquered the castle
4kBJJ TIL when the Japanese emperor reclaimed power from the shogunate in 1868, the losing side fled to Hokkaido and declared a republic modeled on the United States