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TIL that the 2012 Olympics had the biggest military buildup in London Since World War II.

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9YdJp TIL that Papua New Guinea's government has officially endorsed sign language as the country's fourth official language, alongside English, Tok Pisin and Motu.
V4Pp TIL a woman used drain cleaner to BLIND herself, and she says that she is happier than ever after fulfilling lifelong wish of becoming blind
Vpk4 TIL that some people with OCD suffer from “sensorimotor obsessions”, the hyperawareness of and focus on bodily processes or sensations such as the act of breathing, blinking, swallowing, or their own heartbeat.
WVo TIL: That if you eat a teaspoon of sugar after eating something spicy, it will completely neutralize the heat.
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