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nb6B TIL that 1816 was called the year without a summer. From May to August of that year there were frequent frosts and snowfalls causing widespread crop failure and a food crisis.
yQEnV TIL Teeth are only able to experience one sensation, that being pain. When you eat or drink something too hot or too cold, or a dentist operates on your teeth, you will only experience pain because that is the only thing the nerves around your teeth respond to.
OGBOg TIL When a man in New York needed a heart transplant from a donor in Oklahoma, the hospital reached out to the US Air Force to help with transportation. The donor heart was transported across the country in two hours on an F-111 fighter jet. The operation was a complete success.
k441 TIL you should use “e.g.” when you mean “for example,” versus using “i.e.” which should be used when you mean “that is”
NXLjb TIL: The Holy Prepuce or Foreskin was an ancient relic dating back to the 800s when Charlemagne claimed to receive it from an angel. It was looted in the Sack of Rome. In 2013, documentary, "The Quest for the Holy Foreskin" was broadcasted by National Geographic.