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TIL: The most common type of vertigo is caused by crystals (that sense gravity) becoming dislodged from a gelatin area inside the inner ear.

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MeeP8 TIL 9th November is known as the ‘day of fate’ in German history- on the same day, Robert Blum was executed in 1848, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated in 1918, Hitler’s Munich Putsch occurred in 1923, Kristallnacht occurred in 1938, and the Berlin Wall came down in 1989.
EPpx TIL that in 1977 a group of scientist discovered that any radioactive particle does not decay when being observed. This is called Quantum Zeno Effect.
VA5G TIL that in the scene in Kindergarten Cop where Arnold Schwarzenegger asks the children “Who is your daddy and what does he do?”, many of the young actors were not given lines and instead are actually telling Arnold about their real father’s job.
rN0Oy TIL The Easter Island Statues (Moai) have bodies
XEAkP TIL The United States still has 8 nuclear weapons unaccounted for as a result of "broken arrow" incidents typically involving the aircraft carrying it crashing or in one case a crew member accidentally grabbing the emergency release pin.