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TIL about photic sneeze reflex, a genetic condition which affects between 10-35% of the population and causes sneezing in response to dramatic light changes.

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9ByG TIL that in 2009, Miller High Life bought :01 second of ad-space for the Superbowl and effectively increased sales by 8.6%
5EAp TIL Scientists lit a hole filled with natural gas on fire in 1971, thinking it would burn for only a few days. The hole has been burning for the past 46 years and is called “The Door to Hell”
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P17Je TIL of puppeteer Ronald Brown, from Christian children's television programme, Joy Junction. He would later be arrested for planning to kidnap and eat a child.