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TIL That you don't actually need to rinse your mouth after brushing your teeth.

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gOyX TIL when L. Ron Hubbard showed off Scientology’s first “clear” member (the highest level of achievement with skills that included perfect memory), the woman couldn’t even recall what color tie Hubbard was wearing
b9Yp4 TIL that Dr. Anthony Atala out of Boston Children's Hospital successfully 3D bio-printed a bladder for a cancer patient and it is continually to function after over a decade.
kyg1 TIL about the Rosenhan experiment, in which a Stanford psychologist and his associates faked hallucinations in order to be admitted to psychiatric hospitals. They then acted normally. All were forced to admit to having a mental illness and agree to take antipsychotic drugs in order to be released.
4NBb TIL That the original lyrics to the “Paradise City” verse were “Take me down to the Paradise City where the girls are fat and they’ve got big titties”
yQk4a TIL The “Windy City” name has nothing to do with Chicago weather it was coined by 19th-century journalists who were referring to the fact that its residents were “windbags” and “full of hot air.”