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TIL that women’s susceptibility to motion sickness increases or decreases depending on the day of the menstrual cycle

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DQ5bp TIL about Exploding Head Syndrome, where some people have auditory hallucinations of loud crashing and exploding sounds when they're falling asleep and/or waking up
QdM6 TIL that you can literally die of a broken heart; Broken heart syndrome, also called stress-induced cardiomyopathy can cause severe heart muscle failure, and can be the result of the severe stress hormones released after serious emotional trauma.
pYJyb TIL "This Land is Your Land" was a radical backlash to “God Bless America”
6EnJW TIL Jean-Claude Van Damme took up ballet when he was young, and has said "If you can survive a ballet workout, you can survive a workout in any other sport."
bNjj TIL in 2014 Budweiser attempted to trademark the sound of a beer can opening