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TIL: The longest known and recorded attack of hiccups lasted 68 years

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pD58 TIL that up until the 1800’s, it was commonly believed that placing dirty underwear in a bucket with wheat grains would “generate” mice. This was called spontaneous generation, the idea that life could be created from nonliving objects.
VXjG TIL the website hampsterdance.com was created in 1998 as a result of a competition between two Canadian sisters to see who could generate the most traffic and is one of the earliest examples of an internet meme.
0wgYR TIL that the act of scaling defensive walls or ramparts with the aid of ladders, a prominent and dangerous siege warfare tactic in medieval times, is called "Escalade"
9Yn0B TIL Tons of popular restaurants use red,orange or yellow as those colours makes people hungry-er some examples are: McDonalds,KFC,Jack in the box and Dairy Queen.
VMwbm TIL Arctic foxes don't start shivering until -94 °F / -70 °C