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TIL scientists measure the quality of nasal spray treatments using a Sinonasal Outcome Test (SNOT) score.

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D1xxp TIL-There is cell phone service on mount everest, with 4G being available at that height.
W7gv4 TIL Leonardo Da Vinci dissected human bodies to understand anatomy and emotions, successfully identifying anatomy aspects that were only published a generation later by another author.
b6ZgN TIL that alligators can't die of old age. The only way they die is by running out of available food consumption or by being killed by humans. They live an average of 30-50 years old.
4kBXb TIL that in 2009 the US launched a satellite so secret that no government agency admits to owning it. Even the name, "Palladium at Night", is mysterious.
x6ak TIL (while looking up Groats Disease) that Wikipedia has a list of fictional diseases from literature, film, television and video games.