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TIL of Roy Sullivan; a man who was struck by lightning 7 times throughout his life and died at the age of 71 by a self inflicted gunshot wound (rumoured to be the cause of an unrequited love)

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xVYlD TIL that spiral staircases were installed in fire stations in the 1800s to stop the horses that pulled the engines going up the stairs when they smelled food cooking.
0Xjy TIL that the word “nincompoop” meaning a fool or silly person comes from the Latin phrase “non compos mentis” meaning “not of sound mind”
j6VDp TIL that The world's oldest underground station is considered to be "Baker Street" station in London, which opened in 1863 as part of the Metropolitan Railway, the world's first underground railway .
N7R0E TIL about the job of lactation consultant, which is responsible for assessment of common and serious breast feeding problems, increasing milk supply and reduction of breast feeding pain
bVOQ TIL that a study performed by the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition at Clemson University found that three to six instances of double-dipping “would transfer about 10,000 bacteria from the eater’s mouth to the remaining dip.” The study concluded that double-dipping should be curtailed.