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TIL about ear crystals and how knocking them out of whack can you make you feel dizzy

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neKxW TIL a German POW called Georg Gärtner successfully escaped and lived in the US for 40 years before revealing his identity after his wife, who had no idea about his history, became increasingly frustrated over his refusal to talk about his past and threatened divorce. He became a US Citizen in 2009.
YM4P TIL in 1913 it was legal to mail children. With stamps attached to their clothing, children rode trains to their destinations, accompanied by letter carriers. A newspaper reported it cost 53 cents for parents to mail their daughter to her grandparents for a family visit.
691L8 TIL that one of Britain’s top post-war writers, Benjamin Zephaniah, declined an OBE appointment (Order of the British Empire), stating the honors were "a legacy of colonialism." Besides being a renowned poet, Zephaniah also appeared in “Peaky Blinders” for about 9 years as Jeremiah Jesus
la4A TIL caterpillars completely turn to liquid when in a cocoon but as a moth/butterfly can still remember their life as a caterpillar
NkRe TIL Weird Al would take his dates to see The Naked Gun (in which he had a cameo), while even wearing the same Hawaiian shirt he wore in the film, to see them “flip out”