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TIL that there's a mental disorder in which individuals may deliberately avoid having fun. It's commonly called Cherophobia.

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vPYvL TIL: 4% of the sand on Normandy beach is made up of shrapnel that has broken down.
OGJP6 TIL there is a yearly celebration of male genitalia in Greece, happening during the Greek orthodox carnival season.
GAk17 TIL about the Trans-Sahara Seaway and its abundanceof flora and mega-fauna. A huge waterway that crossed the Sahara millions of years ago.
l9a1 TIL Honey never spoils. A thousand-years-old jar of honey that got preserved can be eaten today.
a8nlL TIL that during "the Emergency", a political crisis in India which saw civil liberties being curtailed, the newspaper Indian Express protested against ongoing press censorship by publishing a fully blank front page editorial.