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TIL That thunderstorms can cause headaches due to changes in barometric pressure.

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78EjP TIL of Burushaski - a language isolate predominantly from Gilgit-Baltistan in Pakistan. It has 4 genders - human masculine, human feminine, countable objects, and uncountable ones (similar to mass nouns)
WkJd9 TIL a Pennsylvania teen used a loophole in laws to run for the Governor of Kansas despite never having lived there.
jaxQ TIL that at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, William Wallace defeated British commander Hugh Cressingham, killed him, and used his dried skin to fashion his scabbard, belt, and hilt.
mxlrp TIL that there is a system where cows can choose when they are milked. The whole process is automated, customized for each cow, and has seen cows living 30% longer than those at farms that use traditional methods.
m1rvP TIL: before 1993, there were only two colors of visible light LEDs. The invention of the blue LED changed everything.