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TIL Strong light can cause some people to sneeze. Up to 35% of the population is affected by “Photic sneezing reflex” and science doesn’t know why

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yQEov TIL Tim Curry, a lifelong Scooby-Doo fan, was offered the villain role in the 2002 Scooby-Doo movie, but turned it down after learning the film would include Scrappy-Doo, a character he disliked.
oBVLA TIL in 1900s there was a death row inmates baseball team and their executions were dependent on their performance.
yWEa TIL in 1945 a farmer chopped off a chicken’s head, missed the jugular vein, a clot formed and some of the brain stem survived, providing basic homeostasis functions. Mike the headless chicken toured in sideshows for 18 months and earned the farmer $4,500/ month at the peak of his popularity
OBM1 TIL that in 2005, a live grenade was thrown at George W. Bush by a terrorist in Georgia, but failed to detonate due to the handkerchief it was wrapped in. The grenade landed 18.6 metres from the President, well within its optimum killing range.
LQ1Rr TIL Dachshund (sausage dogs) were specifically bred to hunt European badgers and spent hours underground, facing the badger straight on and dragging it out by the face.