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TIL of an Australian birthday tradition; where after cutting the cake, the birthday girl/boy has to kiss the nearest person of the opposite sex.

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nAad TIL of Donald Crowhurst who in 1968 entered an around the world yacht race, he abandoned the race early on but continued to report false positions in an attempt to make it appear as if he was still competing and ultimately went insane and killed himself
YEMA TIL that Mack Robinson, brother of Jackie Robinson, medaled in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. Upon returning home to California, the only work he could find as an African American was sweeping streets, which he did while wearing his Olympic ‘USA’ sweatshirt.
lJ8a TIL the words hysteria, hysterical & hysterics has the root word hyster, Greek for womb. The ancient Greeks believed women have a wandering womb that would attack their brains every now & then.
P1eL TIL there was a man who was blind at 10 months old, but underwent a surgery to give him vision at age 52. However, being able to see terrified and confused him so much that he committed suicide 2 years after the surgery.
R57Dj TIL in 1881 Listerine mouthwash distributor agreed to pay royalties to it's inventor and still pays his family, for some 141 years for now