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TIL Friendship is not a topic open to debate, but on the positive side, it consistently brings about wonderful values

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R5re6 TIL about an Australian jellyfish that causes Irukandji syndrome: excruciating muscle cramps, severe pain in the back and kidneys, a burning sensation of the skin and face, headaches, nausea, restlessness, sweating, vomiting, and psychological phenomena such as the feeling of impending doom.
x9jg TIL that the creator of the viral online hit series Bad Lip Reading discovered his talent when his mother went suddenly deaf and had to learn to lip read. He realized that whenever he tried, all he came up with was jibberish. He soon turned his failure into successful videos seen by millions.
d8WRZ TIL that the fear of success which prevents the realization of one's potential is called the Jonah Complex.
4Xnv6 TIL the 70s hit song 'Come and Get Your Love' was written by an all Native American rock band, Redbone
78oyL TIL that in 2009, hundreds of brightly-colored bird specimens were stolen from the Natural History Museum London. It was later found that a student had sold them online to be used for fly-fishing lures.