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TIL that motion sickness is caused by the brain thinking the body has been poisoned (the usual cause for what it feels not being the same with what it sees) and that vomiting is the body’s defence mechanism against toxins

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MeY4V TIL Due to the emergency return of Apollo 13 the lunar module's plutonium reactor currently sits intact on the Pacific Ocean floor with a functional lifespan of 870 years.
1rMX TIL during World War II, a Soviet pilot named Alexey Maresyev was shot down by Germans and dragged himself for 18 days to Soviet controlled territory. After having his legs amputated, he learned how to fly with prosthetics and returned to combat.
MQ0 TIL there is a museum dedicated specifically to bad art.
0a1M TIL that in Switzerland, one of the most neutral countries in the world, when you turn 20, you are required to undergo 18 weeks of mandatory military training.
5Y8n9 TIL of Little emperor syndrome. A term given to children in China who have been given excessive attention by parents & grandparents due to the one child policy