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TIL that Haff Disease is unexplained rhabdomyolysis (muscle breakdown) within 24 hours of eating fish. The cause is thought to be an unidentified poison.

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698Jm TIL South korea has 52 million people in a similar area to portugal.
YpOEZ TIL Pornhub once led a crowd funding campaign to raise money to be the first to film a pornographic film in space. The film was to be slated for 2016, to include 6 months of training for 2 performers and a 6 person crew.
JJdk TIL there are stars called “Magnetars” with magnetic fields strong enough to kill any life form at a distance of 1000km
awOyM TIL that the smallest instrument in the world is a Nano Guitar- a miniature guitar the size of a red blood cell. One model could only be played by its stings being targeted with miniature lasers in an atomic force microscope.
BgV7W TIL of Pancho Claus, a “Tex-Mex” cousin of Santa Claus, that gives out toys to kids in Hispanic neighborhoods out of his low rider.