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TIL that the Concorde supersonic airliner burned two tons of fuel just taxing from the gate to the runway

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rol1 TIL having an O blood type makes you twice as likely to attract mosquitoes than people with A blood type. B blood types fall in the middle of the spectrum.
v9WR TIL that after undergoing eye surgery, French impressionist painter Claude Monet allegedly developed the ability to see certain UV wavelenghts, which was also reflected in some of his paintings
7rj7X TIL in 2002 an Internet geolocation service began using 38,-97, located in Kansas, as the default coordinates for all IPs it was unable to find. This led to a rural farm getting harassed by incompetent law enforcement investigators, doxxers, and Internet crackpots.
LQbQd TIL 6-year-old Stormie Jones became the world's first successful recipient of a heart and liver transplant in 1984. She had a genetic condition where her liver was unable to remove cholesterol, causing 2 heart attacks. Sadly she died at age 13.
9Y5Or TIL Bright lights trigger the sneeze reflex. A 2017 German study points out that 57 percent of the country’s population will sneeze when looking at the sun or bright lights