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TIL some people suffer a "weekend migraine" or "let-down headache" on weekends (or other break from a 9-to-5 weekday job) due to a decrease in stress.

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P1apn TIL about Eddie Waitkus, who was the inspiration for Robert Redford’s character in “The Natural.” Waitkus almost died in 1949 after being shot by an obsessed female fan. It is one of the earliest recognized cases of criminal stalking
l9Y1 TIL when Darwin was studying a Madagascar orchid whose flower had a foot long nectar filled tube, he hypothesized it had an as yet unknown pollinating moth with a proboscis of the same length, a length unprecedented at the time. Not until 21 years after his death was the moth finally discovered.
8a7lG TIL the English poet Lord Byron was notorious for his robust sex life. He had raging cases of gonorrhea and syphilis by age 21, was rumored to have had a lengthy affair with his half-sister Augusta, and slept with at least 200 women (and a few men) during a three year period in Venice.
QAmL TIL that in 1953, an Australian Centurion main battle tank survived a nuclear test only 500 yards away. Despite damage from the explosion, it was still functional. It served for 23 more years, including 15 months of service in Vietnam
0d4by TIL from 1965 to 1998, the most popular way Gatorade was packaged was in glass bottles. After this, plastic bottles became the most popular form of packaging due to safety reasons (no glass shattering), being more lightweight, cheaper, and was seen as more environmentally friendly due to recycling.