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TIL that daith ear cartilage piercings can relieve some people of migraines by severing part of the vagus nerve

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7r5db TIL that many women shave their face. They just call it “dermaplaning”. It’s a razor being used in the exact same fashion a man would use to shave their stubble, it is considered a beauty treatment to slough of skin and peach fuzz.
Lkbd9 TIL Ottoman Sultan Bayezid and Tamerlane frequently trash-talked eachother by exchanging letters filled with personal insults
DK0V TIL The myth that human eat 8 spiders a year while we sleep was started to demonstrate how fake “facts” spread over the internet.
wLxKW TIL that Beethoven was deaf, and that he eventually had to use a pencil to feel the vibrations of the piano. During one of his symphony’s he had to be turned around to see the audience applaud since he couldn’t hear them.
jN65X TIL that “cat got your tongue” originates from Ancient Egypt where they cut the tongue for punishing blasphemy and fed to cats