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TIL that a sitting individual generates roughly one million dust particles per minute

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xVvAg TIL that 18-35% of the population has a photic sneeze reflex where looking at the Sun or a bright light can cause them to sneeze.
eppjL TIL Fiat is an acronym for "Fabbrica Italiana Automobilli Torino"
ow0R TIL that according to Tolkien, Sam Gamgee is the “chief hero” of the Lord of the Rings. The quest to destroy the Ring only succeeds because of Sam, who repeatedly saves Frodo from disaster, and he is the only character strong enough to surrender the Ring voluntarily and easily.
KOm5R TIL in 1976 a film called "All This and World War II" was released, which included a soundtrack of Beatles covers by various artists such as Peter Gabriel, Roy Wood, Jeff Lynne, Elton John, David Essex, Leo Sayer, the Bee Gees, Frankie Laine, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, and Tina Turner.
VMa9D TIL the Iranian police once arrested a female serial killer who admitted her foremost influence was Agatha Christie's works of crime fiction