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

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LQEmd TIL the 1986 film "Space Camp" was famous for being a marketing nightmare, being released shortly after the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.
VMYL8 TIL that Hungary removed many of the statues and monuments celebrating communism and moved them to an outdoor museum built so that the past would be saved, but not celebrated.
A99n TIL Dogs also wag their tails to spread their natural scent from their anal glands. Each dog has a scent that’s unique to him or her. Often, when we see a dog holding his tail between his legs, he’s frightened and doesn’t want to release his scent. This is his way of flying under the radar.
v1W5L TIL that the first casualty of the Vietnam War for the United States was Richard B. Fitzgibbon Jr., who was not killed in battle but was murdered by another serviceman
96X6 TIL… Lead was never used in pencils. A deposit of solid natural graphite was found and presumed to be a kind of lead ore, and the name stuck.