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TIL that sexual orgasms can sometimes trigger a NDE or near death experience, causing one to feel like they are leaving their physical body

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1a0N7 TIL Saudi Arabia didn't adopt the Gregorian Calendar until 2016.
rN1Ax TIL in 1973, Stevie Wonder was the passenger in a vehicle that hit a logging truck. The truck lost its load and a log struck Stevie in the forehead leaving him in a coma for 10 days, His friend, Ira Tucker, was the first to elicit a response from him when she sang 'Higher Ground' in his ear.
d8O8j TIL as part of Ben Franklin's will, the cities of Boston and Philadelphia both received 1000 pounds sterling with the will requiring a portion of the money be set aside for 200 years. When this portion was finally accessed it was worth several million dollars.
8eN5P TIL that in 1944 the CIA created a manual on sabotaging organizations. Among other things, it suggests to "make speeches... at great length", "refer all matters to committees", "make committees as large as possible", "insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products"
kJL1W TIL that there are 2 Dennis the Menaces (A UK and a US one) that were both published on the same day in a complete coincidence