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TIL that while wearing a tuxedo, it is improper to wear a watch.

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6E0Gl TIL even though he's one of the most famous people in the US, Tom Brady is not known as much in other parts of the world. When Tom Brady won his fourth Super Bowl, a Brazilian newspaper reported it as "Gisele Bündchen's husband wins Super Bowl".
Oo511 TIL that humans enjoy spicy foods, depressing songs, and roller coasters because of “benign masochism”
XEVjj TIL: On 17 April 1955, Einstein experienced internal bleeding caused by the rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm. He refused surgery, saying, "I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share; it is time to go. I will do it elegantly."
rRyjW TIL about The Mariko Aoki phenomenon in Japan. It's the urge to defecate that is suddenly felt after entering bookstores
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