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TIL “Halo” was originally a Mac game that Steve Jobs wanted to use to make Mac a viable gaming platform

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GYP55 TIL that the reflex of sneezing because of sunlight is called the Photic Sneeze Reflex. It is also known as Autosomal Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst, which can be abbreviated as ACHOO.
69P97 TIL that vice grips is a brand name (Vice-Grips) for locking pliers.
XWG6 TIL: The only X-files episode to carry a TV-MA rating for being very disturbing (for its time) was “Home”, about an inbred family
P1K4e TIL that phantom vibration syndrome (PVS) refers to the false perception that one’s mobile phone or other technological device is vibrating when it is not.
gvy TIL “sex boxes” exist in Zurich - places where men can park their cars to have sex with prostitutes without disturbing the neighborhood