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TIL about Sunflower Syndrome. A poorly understood type of epilepsy, sufferers are drawn to seeking out and looking at bright light (including the sun). This results in a brief hand-waving gesture across the face, or eye-flickering seizure up to hundreds of times a day.

by whatilearned August 5, 2022, 7:28 am

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TIL that the first vacuum cleaners were horse drawn

by whatilearned August 2, 2022, 9:31 pm

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TIL the opening of a segment of Interstate 94 freeway in Detroit was delayed for almost 3 months though the winter because a group of area mothers were concerned that children would be drawn to the freeway slopes with their sleds.

by whatilearned June 20, 2022, 8:37 pm

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What are some things only dumb people seem to be drawn to ?

by QuestionGuy June 19, 2022, 5:05 am

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TIL that: In Goslar, Germany, there was at one time a “Town Crier” hired to remind the local townspeople not to urinate or defecate in the river the day before water was drawn for brewing beer.

by whatilearned May 27, 2022, 3:07 pm

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I told a woman that she’d drawn her eyebrows on too high.

by cringeyjokesman May 24, 2022, 2:21 am

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TIL Swedish punk rock band “Pissjar” created a working font drawn out of the band members’ piss

by whatilearned May 20, 2022, 7:58 pm

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TIL that ‘Meow Wolf’ (immersive art collective that built the ‘House of Eternal Return’ in Santa Fe, Las Vegas Area 51 center, etc.) got its name by having all the founders put two scraps of paper with a word on each one in a hat, and the first two scraps drawn became the name of the collective

by whatilearned May 1, 2022, 8:14 pm

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TIL Batman The Animated Series was drawn on black paper to make the city/atmosphere feel dark

by whatilearned April 22, 2022, 10:00 pm

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TIL in the US the Red Cross won’t let people with hereditary hemochromatosis (iron overload) donate blood even if it’s fine for transfusion. Blood removal treats the disorder and people with it have to pay to have it drawn, so the Red Cross says it’s not altruistic for them to donate.

by whatilearned April 21, 2022, 7:25 am

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Where can the line between ‘Discipline’ and ‘Child Abuse’ be drawn?

by QuestionGuy April 18, 2022, 11:40 am

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TIL that the iconic Lord of the Rings poster—one of the best-selling posters of all time—was drawn at the age of 17 by Jimmy Cauty, one half of The KLF.

by whatilearned April 18, 2022, 5:06 am

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