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TIL that a form of congenital groin cysts is linked to a "tenfold increase" in schizophrenia prevalence. Link is SFW - searching for "hidradenitis" is not.

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epRYg TIL much of the widespread geopolitical upheaval that took place throughout 1991, including the breakups of Yugoslavia and the USSR, began shortly after Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego finished taping its first season, rendering most of the season's content obsolete.
16vLP TIL about Pine Mouth, a potential consequence from eating pine nuts that gives you a metallic taste in your mouth, sometimes for weeks.
m1YAp TIL Jacobo Pazzi was hanged next to a rotting corpse, then was buried, dug up and thrown in a ditch, then dragged through the streets, propped at the door of his palace with his head used as a doorknob, thrown in a river, fished out by children, hanged again, flogged and thrown back in the river
e08mg TIL that your heart pumps enough blood per year to fill an Olympic size swimming pool( about 500,000 gallons)
LkNwQ TIL In 2009, Stephen Hawking threw a party at the University of Cambridge, complete with balloons, hors d'oeuvres and iced champagne. Just as expected, nobody showed up because he only sent out invitations after his party was over. It was, he said, "a welcome reception for future time travelers,".