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TIL Chiropractic Medicine Was Founded In 1895, When A Magnet Healer Allegedly Cured A Janitor's Deafness Through Knowledge Given To Him From The 'Other World'.

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kOjbW TIL that clouds can weigh up to 1 million pounds. They can only float because the air under them is heavier. So the less dense clouds can float.
mxJWM TIL that when Alfred Hitchcock was five his father sent him to the police with a note, the policeman looked at the note and locked him in jail for few minutes. This experience left him with lifelong fear of policemen and he wouldn't even drive a car in case he got a parking ticket.
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