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TIL of "Skin Hunger" , where not receiving adequate human touch can have emotional and physical consequences.

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LkNb0 TIL in 1875 three French men traveled to a height of 28,000ft in a balloon. When it landed only one man remained alive and was permanently deaf.
xljB TIL The first music video to be shot entirely with mobile phones was “Some Postman” by The Presidents of the United States of America
j6rdj TIL the legendary 70-gun ship Glorioso, carrying treasures from the New World to her native Spain, single-handedly fought four battles against English ships in 1747. This event was called "Voyage of Glorioso".
BwLL TIL that Kelloggs made their cereal boxes thinner in 2008 but kept the price the same so that buyers wouldn’t perceive the smaller size box when viewed from the front.
69Eem TIL that from 2004 to 2005, the constituency of Basingstoke in Southern England was represented by the DUP, a Northern Irish political party when its MP, Andrew Hunter, defected to them