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TIL dental flossing was significantly associated with a lower risk of ischemic stroke in a 2025 study.

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xVblk TIL that Bobby Farrell, the only male member of 70s group Boney M, who scored a huge hit in the 70s with the Song Rasputin, died on the 30th December in Saint Petersburg, coincidentally dying on the same day and in the same city Rasputin had also died
BORk TIL “House of Cards” is extremely popular in China, especially among Communist Party leaders, with one fan on social media writing about the show, “I’m just amazed that their propaganda ministry isn’t mad about this”
WkL5Y TIL that in the 1936 Olympic games, boxer Thomas Hamilton-Brown lost his opening bout so went on an eating binge to console himself. An error was soon discovered and it turned out he didn't lose, but was disqualified from competition because he had gained so much weight from binge eating.
LkedP TIL Robert Moses at one point held 12 titles simultaneously (including New York City Parks Commissioner and Chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission). However he only held these positions as an appointee. When he ran for governor of New York as a Republican in 1934 he lost in a landslide.
Br6Oy TIL that J.K. Rowling originally wanted Monty Python member Terry Gilliam to direct the Harry Potter films.