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TIL about the Tanganyika laughter epidemic of 1962, where uncontrollable laughter spread among hundreds of people in Tanzania, leading to the temporary closure of schools and affecting entire communities.

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yVBXJ Today I learned Arizona Tea is actually a New York based company. It was named after Arizona because they thought it sounded clean and crisp
6E5ew TIL up to 95% of the historic structures in the city of Mecca have been demolished over the last three decades. Many of the sites were over 1000 years old and many were connected to the life and times of the prophet Muhammad and his companions.
0A5R TIL that the noise pollution level in India is so high, that the Indian consumer requires electronic devices 10x louder than those sold in Europe and the US.
E15w TIL in 1962 Neil Armstrong’s parents appeared on the TV show “I’ve Got A Secret”. Host Gary Moore asked, “…if it turns out that your son is the first man to land on the moon, how would you feel?”
evAJ TIL that a man lived at the AOL hq for 2 months. He used the showers and food court. While everyone else thought he worked there he was actually working on his own startup.