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TIL Tobacco Smoke Enemas (blowing tobacco smoke up the rectum) was a popular way to revive drowning victims in the 1700s

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0wMr5 TIL: Wee Man (famous stuntman & pro skater) was born in an army camp in Italy, but then when his father got transferred, Wee Man ended up spending a good part of his childhood in Germany, & speaking fluent German to this day
bnBa TIL that around Christmas time in 1959, a man killed his wife with a hammer, beat his daughter, and then drank acid. The house has been uninhabited since although the Christmas tree still stands and wrapped presents still sit on a table.
Kmgw TIL Kanye West once got arrested for breaking a paparazzi camera, and used his one phone call to order Chinese takeout.
Z8k54 TIL the musical Cats is based on a series of T. S. Eliot poems
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