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TIL of hemiplegic migraines. A rare type of migraine that has symptoms similar to a stroke.

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M7Bg0 TIL Katrina Leung was an FBI informant and double agent for US and China. Codenamed “Parlor Maid” she was recruited to spy on China but eventually passed sensitive intel to China. She had sexual relationships with two FBI agents, James Smith and William Cleveland Jr., both of whom were her handlers.
9Ymgm TIL that the US Navy owns a ship named USS Chancellorsville, which is literally named after a battle that the US lost.
b6yP0 TIL The Japanese Spider Crab can weigh 40lbs and live for 100 years. It has a leg span of 13 feet.
kOox7 TIL Sriracha is a Thai-style sauce, made by Vietnamese migrants in America using American jalapeno chillies.​The original ('sriraja panich') uses 'Prik Chee Fah' chillies
69mEW TIL James A Garfield's medical treatment after his (then) attempted assassination went horribly, because of the lack of sterile techniques and infection control which ultimately led to his death from infections. The assassin later said, "Yes, I shot the President, but his physicians killed him.”