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TIL an Iranian man developed Dropped Head Syndrome brought on by years of substance abuse. The cause is considered an anomaly as most dropped head cases are caused by neuromuscular or genetic diseases.

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kJZB5 TIL the motte and bailey fallacy: a deceptive argument where someone initially presents a controversial claim (the "bailey"), but when challenged, switches to a more easily defensible, seemingly similar claim (the "motte"), then reasserts the original, controversial claim as if proven
LkJMp TIL about the Controlled Impact Demonstration, where NASA and the FAA intentionally crashed a remote controlled Boeing 720 to gain data on a fuel additive that was believed to help suppress an airline fire in the event of a crash. The test ruled that this additive was ineffective.
YpvEd TIL Balto, the Alaskan sled dog, was sold into the L.A. Vaudeville circuit after his 1925 serum run. A Cleveland businessman saved him from his showbiz squalor and Balto retired at the Cleveland Zoo. Since his death, was taxidermied and is on display at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
AeGd TIL that the word “quisling”, or a person who collaborates with an enemy occupying force, is derived from a man named Vidkun Quisling, who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime in Norway during the Second World War. His name is now synonymous with the word “traitor”.
KO79R TIL in 2006 a Boston court ruled that a burrito is not a sandwich after a dispute between Panera and Qdoba over a shopping mall's "sandwich shop" exclusivity clause