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TIL that persistent digital rectal massage has been proven effective in terminating intractable hiccups

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9YLx6 TIL a female Goliath birdeater has a lifespan of 15-25 years
5BkB TIL that if the Andromeda galaxy were bright enough to be seen by the naked eye, it would appear six times larger than a full moon.
xE8o TIL there is a giant straw goat in Sweden that has been burned down 28 times since 1966
5VO99 TIL in 1879, a French peasant woman and her husband claimed (falsely) to have inherited a large sum of money from a stranger who’s life they saved on a train. They lived in luxury for 20 years until the safe was opened and contained a brick and an English halfpenny.
W7yMY TIL in Korea, snack sausage sales increased by 40% during winter of 2010 from people using them as styluses on their touched screen phones without taking off their gloves.