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TIL The Famous painting “The Scream” by Edvard Munch has been attributed symbolically to Trigeminal Neuralgia which is cranial and facial pain considered the most painful condition known to humankind.

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xVnaD TIL that the Japanese Zero fighter plane was named from the last digit of the Japanese Imperial year 2600 when it entered service
wLBmo TIL in pre-20th century European culture, red hair was commonly identified as the distinguishing negative Jewish trait. During the Spanish Inquisition, all those with red hair were identified as Jewish; and writers from Shakespeare to Dickens would identify Jewish characters by giving them red hair
Vgj8 TIL that a Belgian man who was being evicted from his home when he cheated with his wife, rigged his house up with over 20 firearm traps. He even made a riddle for the next home owners but accidently shot himself with one of the traps. The Military anti-mining team took 3 weeks to disarm 19 traps.
EgnVx TIL in 1944 a group of German prisoners escaped a POW camp near Phoenix, Arizona by crawling through a 178ft (54m) tunnel. They planned to raft down a river to freedom, but got caught when it turned out to be a dry riverbed.
oRo1o TIL that when singer Janis Ian's non-sexual relationship with her female chaperone was misconstrued as sexual, a comedian made it his business to try to blacklist her from television due to her supposed sexuality. At the time she had only been kissed once, by a boy. That comedian? Bill Cosby.