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TIL about the Games of the Small States of Europe, a sporting event featuring Europe's smallest countries

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np7G TIL: When you fill in a CAPTCHA you are helping digitize old books.
0Y5p TIL Richard Marsh is a rare survivor of locked-in syndrome, a condition where a patient can only move his or her eye muscles. During his coma, Richard watched his wife beg doctors not to take him off of life support, and witnessed his own rough handling by the nighttime staff.
8erab TIL that the first public flushing toilets were introduced at the 1851 Great Exhibition. Over 827,000 visitors paid a penny to use them, which led to the phrase 'to spend a penny.' The following year, public lavatories, referred to as 'Waiting Rooms,' were officially opened.
N7Nne TIL that each political party in Brazil is given an electoral number to make it easier for illiterate people to vote, which is often incorporated into the party logo
epjZJ TIL of The Centipede's Dilemma, originally a poem, it refers to the effect of overthinking or paying too much attention to what we usually do instinctively and how it can lead to failing at it.