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TIL Humans have a lot more than 5 senses, including balance, pressure, hunger and the ability to detect magnetic fields

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oBbw8 TIL I learned about the War of Jenkins Ear. Robert Jenkins, a British sailor, allegedly had his ear cut off by the Spanish Coast guard. During a House of Commons 7 years later Jenkins purportedly presented his severed ear and ignited a 9 year long war that engulfed the Caribbean costing 24,500 lives
Oowm7 TIL That a portion of Carrie Fisher's cremated remains were placed inside of her most prized posessions, a giant antique Porcelain Prozac pill. Her mother also passed away a mere day later from a stroke.
R7KA8 TIL the man who eulogized George Washington with the famous quote "First in War, First in Peace, and First in the Hearts of His Countrymen" was Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee, father of Confederate general Robert E. Lee.
oB7aL TIL that there are still street merchants in Baltimore, called arabbers, who carry on a 150 year old tradition by travelling around selling fruits and vegetables from a horse drawn cart.
jaR TIL Christian Bale based Patrick Bateman on Tom Cruise and his “very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes”