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TIL of mouth puffing, which is when patients continued to try mouth breathing during sleep even after their mouths had been taped shut

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0drxL TIL Microsoft implemented a four-day workweek as part of the “Work Life Choice Challenge” in Japan by closing offices every Friday. Productivity, measured by sales per employee, rose by nearly 40% compared to the previous year's same period.
W7OwB TIL about Debategate, which was a political scandal revolving around Ronald Reagan acquiring Jimmy Carters Top-Secret briefing papers in the lead up to the Oct. 28th, 1980 Presidential Debate.
50AB TIL one horse actually has 14.9 horsepower.
v1067 TIL that George Francis Train organized the Union Pacific Railroad. He also traveled around the world in 80 days, which inspired the Jules Verne novel, Around the World in 80 Days.
xV0Q1 TIL that some people smell of rotten fish and aren't fishermen. Trimethylaminuria is a rare metabolic problem causing people to emit the smelly odor of bad fish after eating eggs, liver, legumes or vegetables. There is no known cure and the problem is more common in women than men.