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TIL that the longest hiccuping spree lasted 68 years. His name was Charles Osborne and he began hiccuping in 1922 and didn't stop until 1990. He had 20 to 40 hiccups per minute

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69rm TIL that you can send a written letter to McDonalds requesting pieces for their Monopoly promotional game, and they are required to send you four pieces. [Section 3.B]
Xawr TIL Mack trucks with gold-plated bulldogs indicate that the entire truck is made of Mack components, whereas trucks which use another manufacturer’s components are given a chrome-plated bulldog.
8ew8b TIL that Dubai's Burj Khalifa has no sewage system - so trucks have to pump out poo every day
JlWm TIL the Oh My God Particle, an ultra high energy particle (a billion times more energy than the LHC’s output) that travels so absurdly fast, time dilation dictates that it would have experienced 16 days of time since the beginning of the universe
Egr5x TIL people are heavier today compared to the 1970s and 80s even after controlling for the same amount of caloric intake and exercise.