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TIL: The image where the tongue folds the tip backwards and goes all the way into the nasal passage way is real- its name: Khechari Mudra.

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woOQM TIL a species of cicada lives in the United States, the life expectancy of which reaches 17 years. For comparison, the rest of their "relatives" live much less: 3-4 years.
QJvV6 TIL that the original cartoon studio founded by Walt Disney went bankrupt in 1928. It was home to many of the early pioneers of animation and was where Mickey Mouse was conceived.
9wQgQ TIL about the The Difficult Conversations Lab where strangers who strongly disagree on a controversial topic are matched up to debate.
gMDj8 TIL The La Danta temple in the Mayan city of "El Mirador" measures approximately 72 metres (236 ft) tall from the forest floor, and considering its total volume (2,800,000 cubic meters) is one of the largest pyramids in the world (pyramid of Cheops volume of 2,600,000 cubic meters).
xVKe5 TIL that David Hahn, the "Radioactive Boy Scout" was arrested in 2007 when someone saw him stealing a smoke detector. A search of his apartment found 16 more. Smoke detectors were one of the items he used to get the radioactive material to build the breeder reactor in his mom's shed in 1994.