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TIL Boogers contain salivary mucins, which forms a barrier on your teeth from bacteria that can cause cavities.

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yAve TIL - “Growing the Beard” is the opposite of “Jumping the Shark”, it is the definitive moment when a TV series begins to become noticeably better in quality. The term stems from when Jonathan Frakes (Commander Riker) grew his beard between seasons one and two of Star Trek: TNG.
vPl9B TIL , The Legendary Last Stand at Rezang La(1962) At 18,000 Feet, 120 Indian Soldiers Fought to the Last Bullet, Killing 1,400 of the 5,000 Chinese Troops in the process. Despite having outdated WW era guns.
a89Ro TIL on April Fool’s Day of 1957 the BBC showed a 3 minute report broadcast showcasing a Swiss family harvesting spaghetti from their family spaghetti tree convincing numerous British people that spaghetti grew on trees.
wojEE TIL There is a list of Inventors, who died by their own Inventions on wiki. Stockton Rush (the Titan owner) was just added.
ANpo4 TIL that the Great Pyramid of Giza held the title for the world's tallest structure for an astonishing 3600 years, spanning from 2600 BC to 1300 AD. It also retained its position as the tallest structure in Egypt until the year 1961.