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TIL that Julius Caesar suffered from seizures likely caused by epilepsy.

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XN7E TIL that Serbo-Croatian is a language comprising of four mutually intelligible variants and is the official language of 5 countries. It has 5 different names (not related to the countries) and can be written in both Latin and Cryllic script.
V5Q0 TIL that ‘paddywhack’ is the nuchal ligament of sheep and cattle - often dried to make a dog treat! (With a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone…)
ZpR5a TIL about the strange death of Dmitry of Uglich, a son of the Russian Tsar Ivan the Terrible. Eight-year-old Dmitry died of an alleged self inflicted knife wound to the throat.
GEN5 TIL 11 teens die every day as a result of texting while driving; 94% of teen drivers acknowledge the dangers of texting and driving, but 35% admitted to doing it anyway.
dDx8E TIL Dogs and other animals can have neurological disorders.