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

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yQvMX TIL that although being a giant box office success, movie theater business was less enthused about the movie "A Quiet Place" because the ambiance of the movie was such that any type of loud eating was shamed leading to people not buying any food. Cinemas normally earn more from food than tickets.
p8DEG Today I learned that "Mundial Ronaldinho Soccer 64" is actually a bootleg version of "International Superstar Soccer 64" and since I'm so used to the Ronaldinho intro the actual one seems cursed (iconic part starts at 1:06)
5Ykdp TIL Winnie the Pooh enters the public domain in the United States at midnight on New Year's Day, 2022 (i.e. nine days from now)
9Y6GB TIL Cornelius Cole, a senator from CA, sold his interests in railroad stock which he knew would be worth a fortune. "[Those shares]...largely through my exertions in Congress, worth several millions," he wrote. "Such is the sacrifice of a man in public life . . . but for which he gets no credit."
W64 TIL that there is a bar in Berlin called ‘the beer stock exchange’ .. the beer prices fall and rise due to supply and demand.