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TIL that the scientific term for "brain freeze" is sphenopalatine ganglioneuralgia. It occurs when something cold touches the roof of your mouth, causing blood vessels in the area to constrict and then rapidly dilate, triggering pain.

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GAvRN TIL there is a Worlds Ugliest Dog competion that has been held at the Sonoma-Marin fair in North CA since the 1970s
OWAa TIL One of the major objectives of the French Revolution was to switch all measures of time from base 12 to base 10, including a ten day week. Ironically, the experiment lasted 12 years.
woGR8 TIL that Tycho Brahe, a Danish astronomer, lost his nose in a duel with his cousin over either a mathematical formula or who was the superior mathematician. He wore a prosthetic nose for the rest of his life.
d8bE TIL the quietest room in the world registers -9 decibels (yes, negative decibels)
r6wx TIL that Dennis Hopper was doing 3 grams of cocaine and drinking a half a gallon of rum and 28 beers a day around the time he acted in Apocalypse Now.