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TIL some people get “weather headaches” from changes in barometric pressure

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EgBrP TIL that Dolly Parton secretly coproduced Buffy the Vampire Slayer through her company, Sandollar Entertainment. As an easter egg, she and Buffy share the same birthday, which is today, January 19
Eand TIL Fuel has gotten so cheap that ships are now choosing to take the long way around Africa rather then pay the fees to transit the Suez Canal
K00J TIL that when Disneyland opened in 1955, it included a lingerie store with an exhibit on the history of the bra. It was hosted by an animatronic figure called “The Wizard of Bras”
rNEGW TIL Ohio is one of the top salt exporters in the country. 1,800 feet beneath Lake Erie is Whiskey Island's salt mine, a 12 square-mile mine.
wLKx6 TIL the word "quack" comes from the Dutch word "quacksalver", and originally referred to doctors and dentists who advocated mercury amalgam fillings. When mercury amalgams were invented in the 1800s most medical professionals rejected their use as too dangerous.