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TIL there is a disease called “Sudden unexpected death syndrome” where the heart of a seemingly healthy adult just stops for no reason. It mostly affects young men in select Southeast Asian countries.

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M7KLB TIL that Neapolitan pizza originated in Italy. Since 2004, Neapolitan pizza has been required by Italian law to have wheat flour, flour yeast, peeled tomatoes, mozzarella cheese, sea salt, and olive oil in order to qualify as pizza.
v1A9j TIL about the "Town Bully" that was killed in front of 40 people with no witnesses.
0dbKA TIL While there is a clear two term limit on the office of US President, there is no term limit on the office of US Vice President.
XGQP TIL in 1962 news channel NBC paid a West Berlin team 50,000DM ($150,000 today) to dig under the Berlin Wall, on the condition that NBC could film the escape. 29 East Germans managed to escape, and the resulting NBC film, The Tunnel, won 3 Emmies.
EgBRx TIL that the entire atmosphere of the moon weighs less than 10 metric tons