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TIL some people sneeze when they think dirty thoughts

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DQxpv TIL: Ping-pong balls are made with celluloid, which is a byproduct of the paper-making process. Celluloid is used in ping-pong balls because it is easily molded and shaped, while allowing for the high-bounce property of the balls.
jKlj TIL that there have been several vigilante groups in recent years, including a man named Rodrigo Duterte that transformed the murder capital of the Philippines to “the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia” by killing multiple drug leaders and traffickers. He was dubbed The Punisher by Time Magazine.
wdKJ TIL a guy cut off the head of his pregnant wife’s lover with a knife in a phonebooth and delivered it to her bedside while she was in the hospital
X0pjD TIL of the band band Too Much Joy, who were sued by Bozo the Clown for sampling him in a song, arrested on obscenity charges for covering 2 Live Crew in Florida, and had their frontman detained by the secret service after a joke he made at a concert
X7Oj TIL in 1988 Cosmopolitan claimed that unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man did not put women at risk of infection and that it was impossible to transmit HIV in the missionary position.