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TIL according to research funded by Lufthansa, tomato juice is more popular on airplanes than on the ground because cabin pressure changes the way we percieve taste.

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OE77 TIL that just before the Halifax Explosion, a train dispatcher who saw the cargo ship with the explosives catch fire sent a message saying “Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbor making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys.”
jlOX TIL that “Eye of Newt” is not an actual eye, but an archaic name for mustard seed!
j6LXX TIL that in the 19th century, a common treatment for syphilis was to flush the vagina or urethra with mercury.
oB6oW TIL that a totally blind British MP was convinced in 1923 to have all his teeth removed to restore his eyesight, only to die from blood poisoning
RrR6 TIL in an act of revenge after Miyamoto Musashi beat the two heirs of Yoshioka school in one-on-one combat, the entire school sent bowmen, gunmen and swordmen after him. Musashi responded by ambushing them, killing their figurehead leader and getting away.