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TIL about Gloria Ramirez “The Toxic Lady” who in 1994 had a strange effect on the hospital staff...

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o0EE TIL: Every fig you’ve ever eaten was fertilized by a special wasp which probably died inside it (and you ate it)
yQvje TIL after losing a son and extreme financial hardships, the song "It Is Well With My Soul" was written by Spafford while on his way to meet his grieving wife as he passed by the area where his four daughters had recently died from a collision in the Atlantic Ocean.
E1B7X TIL the primary cause of procrastination is NOT laziness or poor time management, it’s negative emotions. When doing a task, if you felt negative emotions such as anxiety, boredom, or stress, then next time your brain will try to distract you or rationalize yourself out of doing the task.
OoPYR TIL about Roselle, a seeing-eye dog that led her blind owner, Michael Hingson, down 1,463 steps from the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Dog and owner exited just before the South Tower collapsed, and both survived.
OGYVX TIL that the D in D-Day merely stands for Day. This coded designation was used for the day of any important invasion or military operation.