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TIL that there is a rare sleeping disorder called Kleine–Levin syndrome that causes people to sleep for weeks at a time waking only to eat or go to the bathroom

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epxbb TIL that the time zone used on the International Space Station is Coordinated Universal Time, which is equivalent to GMT.
b6JbQ TIL Heroin was a patent by the Bayer Company and Cocaine was a trademark of the Merck Company.
lobZr TIL In the early 1970s in Korea, elementary schools started leaving Chinese script off their curriculum. Students now begin Hanja classes in middle school, and some parents would rather their children did not waste their time with it at all. However, Hanja calligraphy remains a national pastime
MeNVV TIL that in the aftermath of the Great Japan Earthquake of 1923, when fire broke out around the city of Tokyo, 44,000 people went to the river to escape the flames, only to be closed in by the flames on all sides. Almost all were then, in a single moment, incinerated by a 300ft tall fire tornado
aK4L TIL After Nipplegate, Janet Jackson was blacklisted from Viacom’s properties, including VH1/MTV/CBS/Clear Channel Radio stations, uninvited from the Grammys, lost acting gigs, and had a statue of Mickey wearing her Rhythm Nation outfit taken down at Disney World