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TIL that an estimated 30% of people will experience sleep paraylsis at least once in their life

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QNZ76 TIL: Sir Edward Grey, who famously said at the beginning of WWI "The lamps are going out all over Europe, we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime" went almost blind during the war.
GAA14 TIL for a person to be able to stand for election to the UK Parliament, they must possess citizenship of either UK, Ireland or any of the 53 Commonwealth of Nations member-countries (UK is the 54 member).
16y1P TIL that SOS is a reverse acronym (a backronym). It is a distinctive and easy way to remember the morse code distress signal of three dots, three dashes, three dots. Only after its implementation did the mnemonic phrase such as "Save Our Souls come into use
rR9Ko TIL that in India's Padmanabha temple, there's an 800 kg (1,800 lb) hoard of gold coins dating to around 200 B.C, each coin priced at over ₹2.7 crore (US$380,000) in one vault. The rest 6 vaults haven't yet been opened and are believed to have Gold and diamonds worth over trillion dollars.
p89jG TIL Jet Li has been fighting hyperthyroidism since 2010, it has prevented him from exercising and practising for a long time and has taken a toll on his body and appearance.