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TIL that grain dust can cause explosions.

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rEkw TIL that high dream recallers have stronger brain activity in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex (mPFC) and in Temporo-perietal Junction (TPJ); this makes them wake up many times during sleep and enables them to remember dreams more efficiently than low dream recallers.
WkgjL TIL of Nick Leeson, a broker who single-handedly bankrupted the UK's oldest merchant bank after losing almost £850 million on the stock market.
rRxeo TIL that the age of clog didn't only introduce "clog dancing", but also the illegal "clog fighting" or "purring". In this fighting, men would wear clogs on their feet and violently kick each other, while otherwise being entirely naked! This would be to try and settle disagreements once and for all.
WNdN TIL Ben Franklin invented the flexible urinary catheter when his brother John suffered from kidney stones
8Q8 TIL the Chick-fil-A Corporate Purpose starts with “To glorify God by being a faithful steward of all that is entrusted to us.”