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TIL that in 1962 there was a laughing epidemic in what was Tanganyika that caused 14 schools to shut down and affected over 1000 people.

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Bb6d TIL in Japan if someone on trial is filmed while in handcuffs their hands have to be pixelated to be shown on TV. This is because a man named Kazuyoshi Miura brought a succesful case to court arguing the image of him in handcuffs implied guilt and had prejudiced his trial.
vBKL TIL at the 1900 Paris Olympics, the winners received valuable works of art instead of gold medals
6Eejw TIL that if you were to stand at the top of the Olympus Mons on Mars, the tallest planetary mountain in the solar system, you would not be able to tell you were on a mountain due to the shallow slope in the mountain extending further than the horizon line, which is a mere three kilometers away.
nWmw7 TIL the earliest known Sherlock Holmes film is a parody where a thief steals from him
WkD14 TIL "ball lightening" has no explanation despite being seen by 3% of people. Reports describe it as floating orbs of light that sometimes enter people's homes.