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TIL Achoo Syndrome is characterized by uncontrollable sneezing after sudden exposure to bright light such as the sun.

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KY9ww TIL Francis James, an Australian publisher, was imprisoned both during ww2 after being shot down over France in 1942 and in China in 1969 for allegedly espionage.
6EyBZ TIL A feather will maximize crop production in a garden
VMg5p TIL Bob Ebeling, The Challenger Engineer Who Warned Of Shuttle Disaster, Died Two Years Ago At 89 After Blaming Himself His Whole Life For Their Deaths.
N7WXe TIL that the reason old pubs have "Ye Old" instead of "The Old" is because when the printing press was invented in Germany, they didn't have any letters for the old letter Thorn, which made a "th" sound. Thorn ultimately was replaced with Y because they looked similar until the Th start was popular.
b941Q TIL the United States military pays professional sports teams to display patriotism. Between 2012-2014 the military spent $10.4 million on marketing contracts with teams in the NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL and MLS, while spending $88 million sponsoring a NASCAR racer's car.