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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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aXy9 TIL that Lord Collingwood, Nelson’s second in command at the Battle of Trafalgar, would carry a pocket full of acorns on walks in the countryside, planting them as he went so the ‘Navy would never want for oaks to build the fighting ships upon which the country’s safety depended.’
gJAb TIL that China has a limit of 34 Hollywood movies imported per year. This is why movie directors try to protagonise China in their movies to try and get their movie into one of the 34 (eg The Martian where China helps NASA).
aZo9 TIL that comedian Tommy Cooper had a heart attack during one of his TV shows, and the audience laughed as he died on stage because they thought it was part of his act
x6Nwg Today I learned that the Parthenon had a roof until the Venetians blew it up in 1687.
wLyg1 TIL there is government run service near me which will analyze drug samples anonymously sent to them and publish the results on their webpage