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TIL about "Phantom Vibration Syndrome" a condition in which people mistakenly think their mobile phone is vibrating in their pocket, it effects 9 out of 10 people.

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vg9D TIL that at the Southern Pole of Inaccesability, which is far more remote and difficult to reach than the geographical Southern Pole, is an abandoned Soviet Union research centre buried under the snow. Inside there is a golden book allowed to be signed by visitors who survive the journey.
R78b8 TIL about a murderer who got caught 4 years after the crime because he had gotten the murder scene tattooed on his chest
8ar0G TIL there are over 35,000 islands in The Great Lakes of North America.
kOyb7 TIL about Operation Platypus: in 1943, Winston Churchill randomly demanded a live platypus from Australia. The poor platypus (named Winston, of course) was sent across the ocean to Liverpool but died just 4 days before the arrival when the ship got attacked by a U-boat attack.
eX0J TIL that taxpayer money is used by the military to pay NFL teams to honor them.