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TIL-We don’t sneeze in our sleep, because out “sneeze nerve” is sleeping as well.

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OJ6a TIL that when the screenwriter of Hotel Rwanda called the Rwandan embassy in Washington to get some information, the woman who picked up the phone actually turned out to be a one of the survivors who stayed at the hotel during the Rwandan Genocide.
gM8R8 TIL the people of North Sentinel Island, often described as uncontacted, were visited extensively in the 1990s. They hunt wild pig, their songs contain two notes, and their only form of art is body painting. Researchers compare them to humans 15,000 years ago.
rREXW TIL there's a rare genetic disorder known as testotoxicosis. As the name implies, it only affects males. Affected men will reach puberty at just 2 or 3 years old.
OJZX TIL a graduate student invented a leaf made of silk that produces oxygen.
gMel4 TIL that the most expensive manuscript in existence is the Codex Leicester, a notebook written by Leonardo Da Vinci. When adjusted for inflation, it is worth $53 million and is currently owned by Bill Gates. The original Book of Mormon and a Letter from Zeng Gong to his friend follow in 2nd and 3rd.