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TIL that anxiety and/or stress can cause fevers.

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e0boD TIL of the Hibakusha, survivors of the WWII atomic bombings. As of 2014, 1,000 (including many born in the U.S.) live in the United States and are supported by the Japanese government, but largely ignored by the American government
6aLJ TIL wife bought a scratch-off lottery ticket to prove a point to her husband that it was a waste of money, but it ended up winning her $1 million.
yQgEX TIL about spitting on 'the heart of Midlothian' on the royal mile in Edinburgh, Scotland - now done for luck but started in protest of a prison that hasn't stood in hundreds of years
9vrQ TIL that 80% of the Tor Project’s budget comes from the US Government
P1brG TIL that NBCUniversal sold the rights to 28 Walt Disney's shorts and Oswald the rabbit character to Disney Company in excange for releasing sportscaster AL Michaels from his employment at ABC