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TIL A Chinese woman missing for 10 yrs and presumed dead was found living at an internet cafe. A runaway at age 14, she was good at the game “Cross Fire,"so other gamers paid to watch her play it; she slept at internet cafes and public bathhouses until being found at age 24

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Av0g TIL of anesthesia awareness, a condition in which a patient under anesthesia is completely conscious yet unable to physically move their body. Patients are fully aware for the entirety of their operation and are able to feel pain without the ability to alert the doctors to stop the procedure.
yQ71p TIL according to The Specialty Coffee Association of America, the Kopi Luwak (digested coffee cherries, which have been eaten and defecated by a Civet) which costs US$700 per kilogram, is sold for the story, not for quality. The coffee's good acidity and flavor is diminished by the process.
a8NXZ TIL that heartbreak can cause physical discomfort and nausea, likely due to our "social-attachment system" triggering the "pain system" to maintain close social bonds, leading to distress when those bonds are broken.
0MgN TIL: The Word ‘Nothing’ in the title of Shakespeare’s 'Much Ado About Nothing’ was Elizabethan Slang for 'Pussy.’
NXEe6 TIL Helmut Schmidt, West German chancellor in the 1970s, was famous for being a heavy smoker. He was known for lighting cigarettes during TV interviews. He lived to age 96, passing from complications following surgery on a blood clot in his leg.