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TIL McDonalds in The Netherlands has a sauce called “American Sauce” that is not eaten in the United States

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pgoO TIL the Lazarus reflex is a reflex movement in brain dead patients which causes them to briefly raise their arms and drop them crossed on their chests in a position similar to some Egyptian mummies. The reflex is often preceded by slight shivering motions of the arms, followed by goose bumps.
Zpa9R TIL that emotional tears have more protein than other types of tears, making it runs slower on your cheeks to convey your emotion.
O8de TIL some Muslims develop a permanent scar on their foreheads from bowing to Mecca. It’s called the “prayer bump”.
loJoV TIL Bill Nye’s full name is William Sanford Nye. His mom was a code breaker during WW2. His dad was a contractor building an airstrip on Wake Island in the middle of the Pacific when he was caught by the Japanese and spent four years as a POW.
rNeGw TIL that new snail species are world’s smallest, tinier than grains of sand