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TIL Heathrow Airport will provide a free sunflower lanyard to travelers with hidden disabilities so airport staff can recognize passengers who might need extra assistance without needing to declare it.

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n9dB TIL Yoshi’s full name is T. Yoshisaur Munchakoopas.
WkP69 TIL in 2018 BBC4 Gave an App to 18,000 people in the UK to simulate how a pandemic flu would spread. The results were scary accurate, and promptly ignored.
kmY4 TIL that lice eggs are called “Nits.” Thus, a “nitpicker” was someone who meticulously looked over each hair to make sure it was lice-free.
ADwMo TIL that tumbleweeds aren’t just dead plants rolling around aimlessly. They also have a strategy; to disperse their seeds, shaking loose thousands of them as they roll.
J8Vm TIL author George Burns wrote a book called “How to live to be 100”. He was born in 1896 and died in 1996.