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TIL research conducted in recent years found that special tongue and throat exercises can strengthen up the area so it stays clear while you sleep, therefore significantly reducing snoring.

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6E8r8 TIL In Justice League the animated series, Cheetah was supposed to have died in her first appearance but because of a continuity error she accidentally appeared alive in a shot at the end. She would go on to make reappearances multiple times in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited.
R7pWQ TIL The Pixar film Coco, which features the spirits of dead family members, got past China's censors with 0 cuts. In China, superstition is taboo due to the belief spiritual forces could undermine people’s faith in the communist party. The censors were so moved by the film, they gave it a full pass.
xa0o TIL: Britain was still paying off its WWII debts owed to America & Canada as recently as 2006. The last payment of $83.25 was wired to America 12/29/06; 6 years late, due to intermittent financial difficulties, having negotiated a 50 year payment plan in 1950.
0W7A TIL After a psychotherapy experiment in a convent 300 nuns petitioned the Vatican to be released from their vows leaving only a small group of radical lesbian nuns.
9w8NX TIL The US banned sliced bread during WWII as a rationing measure to save the wax paper and plastic used to wrap it. The ban was reversed 3 months later because there was widespread consumer backlash and savings were less than anticipated.