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TIL: That bright lights, spicy food and even noise can cause some people to sneeze. This is called the Photic Sneeze reflex.

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ZBXa TIL that Merlin the Wizard was possibly based on the legend of a real person, Myrddin Wyllt, a bard who went crazy watching the defeat and slaughter of his Celtic King Gwenddoleu and his army, and spent the rest of his life in the forest living among animals as a madman.
VMlPZ TIL that September 9th is the most common birthday in the United States
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