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TIL that sniffing isopropyl alcohol is a remedy for nausea. Alcohol swabs or hand sanitizer really do the trick and works almost instantly. Look for hand sanitizer after amusement park rides too, it keeps the fun going!

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jo9N TIL that Deja Vu is your brain is trying to apply a memory to a situation you are in, failing, and then making you feel like it’s familiar anyway.
YJNx TIL Only 6 Celebrities have granted more than 200 Wishes for the Make-A-Wish foundation; John Cena, Jeff Gordan, Hulk Hogan, Justin Bieber, Dale Earndheart Jr. , and Michael Jordan. The leader of the pack, John Cena(450), says he fully fully intends on making it to 1000.
4kK8R TIL that J.M.W Turner once had himself tied to the mast of a steamboat in order to experience a snow storm so that he could paint it. This is what inspired his work Snow Storm - Steam-Boat off a Harbour’s Mouth.
KYXGQ TIL in 2013 in Florida, a sink hole unexpectedly opened up beneath a sleeping man’s bedroom and swallowed him whole. He is presumed dead.
Z8Yjp TIL that, in 2001 after the FDA cracked down on China for mixing in rice syrup into honey to cheat through a test that checks if the honey is genuine or not, China started to launder its honey to other Asian countries by faking various lab results and the country of origin.