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TIL you could mail kids through the US Postal Service

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5aYP TIL Sitting close to the TV will not damage your eyesight. The myth spread after it was discovered that tv’s made prior to 1967 emitted excessive radiation.
b9WJa TIL of Precordial catch syndrome, a condition where you get random harmless stabbing pains in the chest
694kl TIL that the first physician and scientist to cure cancer in humans, Min Chiu Li, was fired from the National Cancer Institute for how he treated his cancer patients. It was not until many years later that the Institute recognized Li’s scientific achievements.
w5n7 TIL okcupid has determined that vegetarians are more likely to enjoy giving oral sex and frequent twitter users are more likely to have shorter relationships.
NMyb TIL Hitler accidentally bombed his nephew’s house in Liverpool, so the nephew moved to the United States to fight with the Allies.