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TIL about Micturition Syncope (fainting while you pee)

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VBdZG TIL The Architect who designed the Twin Towers also worked with the Binladin Group on Saudi Arabia's Dhahran International Airport 10 years prior
M457 TIL a woman waited nearly 24 hours in the waiting room of an NYC hospital before falling over and dying. She was then ignored for another hour before someone finally noticed her.
woEJ8 TIL that in the early 1900s, the daily horse manure production in New York City reached as much as 1,200 tons, leading to the establishment of a specialized army of horse-drawn carts for removal.
0wX4A TIL that Freddie Mercury approved the Wayne's World Bohemian Rhapsody scene just before his death
MevK8 TIL that in the 1800s, mental asylum staff thought it would be a good idea to add a tall stone lookout tower that mentally ill patients could climb up for 'breathtaking views'. Many patients committed suicide by jumping out the tower's open windows.