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TIL about Nobel Disease aka Nobelitis - Tendency for Some Nobel Winners to Embrace Fringe Beliefs Later in Life

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YNpd TIL that there are still racially segregated proms in the U.S.
8aPKL TIL that the ‘Wilhelm Scream’, a distinctive stock audio scream, which has appeared in over 300 movies was voiced by Sheb Wooley who went onto record The Purple People Eater.
rd1W TIL In many countries the Tic Tac box is colored according to the flavor and the Tic Tacs themselves are white
gMRPD TIL That there’s 67 different Tommy’s burger restaurant knockoffs.
QNMdL TIL that in 2012 pirates mistook a Spanish warship for a cargo ship and attempted to board it.