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TIL Joe Rogan is second cousins with Gerard and Mikey Way of My Chemical Romance

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XEPR TIL- There is a disease nicknamed Ondine’s Curse which causes sufferers to die if they fall asleep.
Mx7K TIL Charlie Chaplin once went to a Charlie Chaplin-look-alike competition and came in third.
oBERo TIL in the 1700s, women's pockets weren't sewn into their clothing. They were a separate piece that was tied around the waist. In the late 18th century, clothes became tighter which made pockets seem bulky. This helped popularize purses.
4kJ75 TIL that after a rural Ohio county reported nearly 70 cases of leukemia in the mid 90s, it was discovered that a local high school had been built on an Army depot used as a dump for chemical waste.
GAKy1 TIL that Stephen King decided on the location for the Shining, by opening an atlas and randomly pointing at a location, which happened to be Boulder, Colorado.