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TIL of a condition called "synesthesia", where different senses associate with each other. E.G a number can have a colour, or a sound can have a smell

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rMBx TIL A “billion” in England was defined as a million million (1,000,000,000,000) up until 1974.
4WKg TIL A 66-year-old hiker, who became lost on the Appalachian Trail, kept a journal documenting her 26-day ordeal before succumbing to lack of food and exposure. In one entry, she pleaded “When you find my body, please call my husband and daughter.”
y1LM TIL one of the adversities that the Napoleonic army faced in Russia was the fact that the buttons of their uniforms may have turned to dust. Tin was the major metal used to make buttons and the bonding structure of tin atoms begins to change when temperatures drop below 13°C
xnMk TIL the McRib is being sold all year round at McDonald’s in Germany, it has been a permanent menu item since 1985.