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TIL a Kansas woman had to be rescued from her boyfriend’s toilet seat. After sitting on it for two years without moving, her body fat had grown attached to the seat.

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kJ6E7 TIL In Kenya, a number of cases have been reported in the 2010s of thieves selling transformer oil, stolen from transformers, to the operators of roadside food stalls for use in deep frying. When used for frying, it is reported that transformer oil lasts much longer than regular cooking oil.
Vxj4 TIL that the line often attributed to John Lennon - “Ringo isn’t the best drummer in the world. He isn’t even the best drummer in the Beatles” - was actually said by comedian Jasper Carrott three years after Lennon’s death
b9db9 TIL that Eczema is considered an autoimmune disorder.
MejpK TIL that snipe hunting is a real thing. Snipe are waterfowl that overwinter in marshes, bogs and wet meadows. They are notoriously difficult to hunt and the word "snipe" is the etymological root of the word "sniper" we use today.
ADQGx TIL people used to believe toothaches and other dental problems were caused by "tooth worms" that lived in our teeth and consumed them from the inside out.