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TIL between 2002 and 2012, college textbook prices rose 82% while overall consumer prices rose 28%

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JYpEV TIL that Misophonia is a disorder that triggers irrational responses to oral sounds (eat, chew, breathe etc.) like anxiety, anger or the need to flee.
ZpDnD TIL that the only member of the American rock band ZZ Top who doesn’t have a beard, is named Frank Beard.
oBNoY TIL Keanu Reeves was forced to star in the critically-derided film The Watcher (2000) due to the fact a friend forged his signature on the contract agreement
e0EBE TIL of the improbable case of Phineas Gage, An American railroad worker who survived an accident where a metal bar went completely through his head
b9ygE TIL that a chimp named Yuhui learned how to hand wash clothes by watching his caretaker.