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TIL that Alexithymia, the inability to identify and describe your own emotions, affects roughly 10% of the general population.

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JBAv TIL that when Tolkien read The Lord of the Rings to his group of literary minds, the Inklings, Hugo Dyson, who was not keen on the work, rolled on the sofa shouting “Oh fuck, not another elf!”
l7MrA TIL the first non-stop transatlantic flight happened in 1919. Two British aviators, J. Alcock and A. Brown, flew from Canada to Ireland, completing the trip in just under sixteen hours. On the way, they lost radio contact and heating, and flew through fog and snow, freezing in the open plane.
O7AX TIL ‘candlestick holders’ don’t exist. A 'candlestick’ is the holder of candles.
ANlVo TIL Dandelion and burdock is a mead drink served in the British Isles since the middle ages. The drink is usually flavoured with sassafras or wintergreen but now typically uses artificial flavours and is served as a carbonated soft drink.
dwJ9 TIL that the blood of eels is more poisonous than some snake venom, but cooking or digesting the blood renders it harmless.