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TIL That plucking your nose hair can trigger what doctors call the “Triangle of Death” and kill you.

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lNA5 TIL the Rothschilds had such an efficient system of couriers that they knew Napoleon had lost at Waterloo a day before the government did. Nathan Rothschild kept it secret and immediately bought up the government bond market. He then sold the bonds for an enormous 40% profit two years later.
b6Q6N TIL That a plane accidentally crashed into the Empire State Building in 1945
VMx0G TIL Elagabalus was an emperor of Rome who wore makeup and wigs, preferred to be called a lady, and offered vast sums to any physician who could provide him with a vagina. The historian Dio referred to him with feminine pronouns, and he is the first recorded person to seek sex reassignment surgery.
nejj9 TIL Japan has the world most punctual railways. Their average delay is 18 seconds.
m1jgo TIL that after Buddy Holly passed away at just 22, his record label was able to release new music from him for the next 10 years, thanks to the recordings he left behind.