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TIL about Precordial catch syndrome, a phenomenon in which you get sporadic stabbing pains in the chest, which is harmless

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Z8kav TIL that the Nixon administration gave moon rock samples to 135 countries, and 50 states as goodwill gifts during the Apollo missions.
wop7M TIL Port Hedland, a tiny little town in North Western Australia, is home to the 2nd largest bulk export port in the world and the #1 highest tonnage port in Australia with annual throughput of over 500 million tonnes of mostly iron ore headed to China.
gMo4 TIL that Bradley Manning who leaked classified material to the whistleblower website WikiLeaks was nominated for Nobel Peace Prize twice in 2011 and 2012.
Z9QB TIL that Icelanders have no family names. Instead, their surname is just their father’s name plus “son” or “dottir”
d8ePZ TIL the State of Washington once forced Comcast to refund nearly 50,000 customers for charging them a $5/month "service protection plan" that actually did nothing.