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TIL that fortune cookies were invented in the United States

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b9ON0 TIL The dizziness and blurred vision (feeling of fainting) caused by suddenly standing up after a long time is called Orthostatic Hypotension. Because of gravity, your blood will fall to your lower body which causes your Thorax (chest area) and head to temporarily lose 700ml of blood.
JKBj TIL of a boat carrying horses for transportation that was shipwrecked, but the horses on it swam to a nearby island. The horses have since lost all domestication and the island has a population of more than 450 wild horses today
8rGL TIL that actor and diabetes spokesperson Wilford Brimley has opposed legislation in multiple states banning cockfighting. He also travels to arizona to attend cockfights.
MRDV TIL McDonald’s McNuggets only come in 4 shapes - and they each have a name
pZge TIL Cockroaches can make group decisions. When 50 cockroaches are presented with 3 shelters that can only house 40, they’ll split evenly into two groups and leave one shelter empty.