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TIL that the terms “Panic Attack” and “Anxiety Attack” are not the same thing, but are both still used interchangeably.

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m1keR TIL Arlington, TX is the largest city in the US without public transport. Despite having 390k population and major stadiums, it have no single bus or rail line.
XOGR TIL “Mind your P’s and Q’s” actually meant keep in mind the amount of Pints and Quarts you had been drinking.
djEQ TIL During WWII, George de Hevesy used aqua regia to dissolve the Nobel Prizes of German physicists Max von Laue and James Franck to prevent them being confiscated. He left the solution in his lab, where it was ignored. After the war, he precipitated the gold out and the medals were recast.
rB6w TIL a lobsters brain is located in its throat, its nervous system in its abdomen, its teeth in its stomach and its kidneys in its head. It also hears using its legs, tastes with its feet, and tends to favor one front limb, meaning they can be right-clawed or left-clawed.
d8Gyr TIL: That you can grow bamboo in Canada and cold climates, some species are even solid and can withstand temperatures down to -25 (f).