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TIL the stock market fell 15% in 1973 and a further 26% in 1974.

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6EAb7 TIL Harriet Tubman had narcolepsy. She developed it after getting hit in the head with a 2lb weight and suffering a TBI. Wanted ads used to describe her as having “a habit of abruptly falling asleep.”
5VmoP TIL of Richard Francis Burton, an 19th century British explorer and writer, who disguised himself as Muslim in order to get into both Mecca and Medina. While he was not the first European to go to either one of those cities, his pilgrimage is the most famous and best documented of the time.
QJ4Vp TIL that Pat Morita was made an honorary member of the 442nd Regiment - Mr. Miyagi's WWII unit.
p8yGG TIL there's a debate about whether math was invented or discovered. Even though math is used to measure and predict and model, it's debated whether math is inherent to the universe or if math is just something we came up with to describe/measure/predict natural phenomenon.
vkOD TIL There were ancient stone tablets in Japan’s recent tsunami struck areas with inscriptions “Do not build your homes below this point!”