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TIL 5% of people do not experience a headache in their lifetime.

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6E6rX TIL the difference between stamina and endurance. Stamina is the amount of time one can perform an action at maximum capacity (ex: sprinting), endurance is the maximum amount of time one can perform an action (ex: a marathon)
Wkd9 TIL that the term sniper originated in the 1770s and was dubbed to hunters that were skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe, a small shorebird
x69A5 TIL that George Harrison wrote the song "Something" to his wife, Pattie Boyd. She divorced Harrison in 1977 and married Harrison's friend Eric Clapton in 1979, who later wrote "Layla" for her
5VPgp TIL In 1728, a mason left a ladder by accident in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. It is still there today. This so-called "immovable ladder" can't be moved because any changes to a Christian site in the Holy Land require the approval of six different Christian communities.
78anO TIL that the reason that there is a change in autumn train timetables is because squished wet leaves that fall on the track act as a lubricant and trains have to go slower for safety.