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TIL that electric toothbrushes were originally intended to help people with limited motor skills

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XYXE TIL the American and UK versions of the comic strip Dennis the Menace were both released on the same week in March 1951. Both share the same title, a trouble loving boy in a striped shirt, and a sidekick dog. Neither of the creators of either comic strip knew that the other was being created.
9Y6Rm TIL about Patrick Vincent Coleman, train dispatcher who died saving hundreds of lives during the Halifax Explosion. His final message: "Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
9YrmQ TIL A 14-year-old visited a Chinese hospital with stomach pains after experiencing constipation for five days. Doctors believe that she drank so much bubble tea that about a hundred tapioca pearls built up in her body, causing a blockage
BrLoW TIL that ants can easily survive being microwaved due to having a large body surface area to volume ratio and an ability to position themselves in between microwaves beams due to their small size.
vPPm8 TIL that the United States is the world's biggest food product exporter by far, valuing at around $90 billion annually.