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TIL of Cherophobia. A condition where one fears that being happy can invoke sadness.

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DyKJ TIL: Elvis Presley requested to be made a DEA agent so that he could travel with drugs without any problems. President Nixon agreed to meet him and gave him a special badge.
No86 TIL In 2006, 74 yr. old Luciano Pavarotti was asked to perform at Italy’s Winter Olympic’s opening ceremony. Later that year he was diagnosed with inoperable, stage 4, pancreatic cancer; however, he decided to perform anyways. It was his last performance.
wo7oE TIL In Madagascar it was once common to ingest fatally toxic nuts as a trial by ordeal. At times it accounted for a significant fraction of overall mortality.
LAyp TIL 70% of the spices used in the world come from one country. India.
BgEXx TIL Some mosquito species (atleast tested in this research) are more attracted towards people who ate Bananas