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TIL we don't know how or why Writer's Cramp occurs

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nLKb TIL Dogfish Head creates beer recipes based upon the chemical analysis of residue found on pottery and drinking vessels from various archaeological sites. They’re called “Ancient Ales”.
J1vAV TIL Benjamin Harrison holds the record of having the most states being admitted to the Union under his administration at 6 states.
wLWG6 TIL of 6 suspected non-hijacked pilot suicides on commercial airlines: Japan Air Lines in 1982 (24 dead), SilkAir in 1997 (104 dead), EgyptAir in 1999 (217 dead), LAM Mozambique Airlines in 2013 (33 dead), Malaysia Airlines in 2014 (289 dead, plane not found), and Germanwings in 2015 (150 dead).
woV58 TIL Andromachi Papanicolaou, the wife of the man who invented the Pap smear volunteered to have her cervix sampled every day for 21 years to help with his research. Their findings went on to save the lives of millions of women by preventing the development of cervical cancer through early detection.
gvwb TIL There was a ten foot tall ape called Gigantopithecus that is now thought to be extinct. The fossil record also indicates that they most likely buried their dead, which indicates a cognitive level that only one other ape possesses.