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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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Z9DR TIL May 25 is Towel Day, A Celebration of Douglas Adams
X0Ogr TIL Doc Martens is named after Klaus Martens, a doctor in the German Army during WWII.
DQQXD TIL the land area of Anchorage, AK (1706.8 sq. mi.) is larger than the state of Rhode Island (1545 sq. mi.)
LQk8d TIL about the HMS Victoria, a 340’ battleship that collided with another ship in 1893 and sank. But when it sank it slammed into the seafloor with so much force that 3/4 of the ship is sticking out of the seafloor at a 90 degree angle
Mn5B TIL that it’s possible to sequence DNA on gum and cigarette butts found in the street and 3D print a very accurate face from it.