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TIL I have ACHOO Syndrome. Characterized by uncontrollable sneezing in response to the sudden exposure to bright light, typically intense sunlight

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Wlx4 TIL a man once accidentally exposed himself to a small amount of Plutonium which was traceable in his urine for the next 50 years.
oR1Ko TIL The RAF dropped over 10,000 cats by parachute
NO41 TIL that all US astronauts are required to learn Russian as part of their extensive training, and have to be able to run the ISS using Russian-language training manuals if necessary.
XdpQ TIL we use “lbs” as shorthand for pounds in English because of the Latin phrase “libra poundo”, which is also where we derived “pounds” from
r81o TIL The 300 Club is the name given to people who have experienced an instantaneous 166 degree Celsius (300 °F) drop in temperature, in Antartica when the temps reach -73C / -100F