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TIL that some people experience "exploding head syndrome" when falling asleep, where a small noise can trigger the sensation of loud static and a flash of white light.

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GYpPN TIL that in many counties, the coroner is the only law enforcement officer who has the authority to arrest the county sheriff, part of why county coroner is an elected position.
oRWdY TIL of a road tunnel in Norway that has been closed - by a lorry-load of burning goat cheese. It burned for 5 days and got so got the stones cracked
Z8Z8Y TIL that 18th Century stereotype of the "lazy southerner" was caused by widespread hookworm infections, which caused poor southerners to be lethargic, malnourished, stunted, and mentally retarded.
EZB7 TIL that the first scripted inter-racial kiss on US television (Star Trek) was meant to be filmed with and without the kiss. Shatner and Nichols deliberately flubbed every take of the shot without the kiss so that they could not be used.
QNkgX TIL Olympia, Washington's Chinatown was once known as "Locke Town" as Chinese residents were predominantly from the Lok family villages in southern China. WA governor Gary Locke's grandfather settled in Olympia as a teenager from China in 1890. There is no more Chinatown in Olympia