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TIL that a treatment for food impaction (food stuck in throat) in 1983 was to, effectively, turn the patient's throat into a baking soda volcano

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vPlBR TIL that although nine alibi witnesses placed Temujin Kensu more than 400 miles from a shooting in Port Huron, Michigan, in November 1986, he was convicted of murder and has been in prison ever since?
Z869B TIL Beauty and the Beast was one of the first feature-length animated films to use CGI, prominently exhibited in the background and sweeping camera of the ballroom sequence. The ballroom's dimensions read 72ft high, 184ft long and 126ft wide, with 28 windows and a dome that measures 86 by 61 feet.
Gx7g TIL on the real whaleship Essex (which was destroyed by a white sperm whale, inspiring Moby Dick) the crew resupplied at Galápagos by collecting 300 Galápagos giant tortoises which they let roam the ship at will, butchering them at sea as needed.
1axd4 TIL The "Jesus Nut" or "Jesus Pin" is the only component holding the rotor blades on certain helicopters. It was nicknamed during the Vietnam war because if it were to fail in flight, the rotor blades would lift off of the helicopter and the crew would have nothing else to do but pray to Jesus.
D1oWp TIL Pluto was named by 11-year-old Venetia Burney. After her grandfather read about the discovery, Venetia, who enjoyed mythology, said the planet was in a region similar to the dark, remote underworld ruled by the Roman god Pluto. Her grandfather then contacted astronomers suggesting the name.