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TIL deaf people usually sneeze silently, most sneezing sounds are cultural.

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W7aW4 TIL that King George III’s Golden Jubilee - Britain’s first - held on 25th October 1809, saw whole oxen roasted in Windsor, fireworks at Frogmore, and debtors freed from prison. Babies were named “Jubilee George”, candles sold out, and monuments were raised across the country."
LkDLp TIL Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomist who discovered Pluto, had his ashes placed on the New Horizons spacecraft, which flew to Pluto in 2006.
1ajPV TIL that between 1950 to 1970, The Scottish government coerced about 60,000 Scottish mothers into giving up their children simply because they were unmarried. The children were given up for adoption.
jNjEn TIL that President Tyler was referred to things like "Vice-President acting President" and "His Accidency" after President Harrison died in office. The Constitution was unclear about what his title was supposed to be in this situation.
YXvr TIL that Pandora’s “box” was actually a jar type known as a pithos.