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TIL there is a condition called Neurasthinia, aka Americanitis, involving fatigue, flatulence, anxiety, and mild depression, caused by white-collar jobs and a competitive business environment.

d81AZ TIL After Eminem made a diss on Michael Jackson in 2005, Michael responded by buying Eminem's catalogue and making money off it every time he performed.
9YPQB TIL that the Netherlands is known today as a haven for pedestrians and cyclists, however, in the 1970s, a growing epidemic of traffic deaths led to a national movement called 'Stop the Child Murder.' The results transformed the public spaces and street into some of the safest in the world.
6Epo8 TIL that the world’s smallest wasp is smaller than an amoeba. The wasp, Megaphragma mymaripenne - complete with eyes, brain, wings, muscles, guts and genitals is only about 200 micrometres long. Their average lifespan at adulthood is 5 days and they lay eggs in the eggs of thrips.
4kebR TIL 18 aircraft from the US Army Air Forces' 100th Bombardment Group were sent on an Allied bombing raid on Münster, Germany in 1943. 5 were forced to turn back before reaching Münster & of the 13 that carried on, only 1 plane returned to base. The group became known as the "Bloody Hundredth."
groW TIL 20 crew and passengers died in a plane crash when a crocodile, being smuggled by one of the passengers in a sports bag, freed itself and panicked the passengers who all ran towards the flightdeck. The Filair L-410 Turbolet unbalanced and crashed. The crocodile survived.