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TIL a man's alcohol consumption before conception can cause Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and other defects of the brain, skull and face in his child

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4KWX TIL March 1993 blizzard dubbed the “Storm of the Century” affected more than 40% of the US population, killed 300 people, and caused 10 million to lose power, despite the fact that much of the media hesitated to broadcast the forecast due to the enormous numbers predicted by the weather models.
P18Ae TIL The smell of cut grass is an SOS calling beneficial insects like parasitic wasps to help resist plant attacks
V1Y4 TIL That Andrew Garfield, the actor who played Spider-Man in the most recent film, The Amazing Spider-Man, secretly dropped in at Comic-Con in 2011 dressed up in a cheap Spider-Man costume as a surprise to attending fans.
W7j6N TIL about the parable of Chesterton’s Fence: Do not remove a fence until you know why it was put up in the first place.
JYMK8 TIL Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, devised a WWII plan to plant false info about the Allies’ next attack on a dead man, drift him at sea, and hope he’d be found by Nazi sympathizers. Operation Mincemeat worked, turning the tide for the Allies, who stormed Italy while the Nazis defended Greece.