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TIL that there are still unexplored passageways in the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.

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x7lo TIL of polypropylene “string” breast implants (now banned by the FDA) which irritate the breast tissue causing them to fill with fluid, resulting in “cartoonishly large breasts”. The continual expansion means the fluid must regularly be removed by a surgeon.
PYYZe TIL Buckfast, a caffeinated tonic wine, accounts for less than half a percent of Scotland's total alcohol sales but is a factor in over 40 percent of arrests.
LklxV TIL: The release of a new Harry Potter book had such an impact that researchers in Oxford found that the admission rate of children with traumatic injuries to the city's emergency rooms plummeted on the publication weekends of both Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.
p8aOZ TIL that after Charlotte Corday was executed by guillotine, a man lifted her head and slapped it on the cheeks, an expression of unequivocal indignation then appeared on her face suggesting that victims of the guillotine may retain consciousness for a short while
LQQxd TIL about snake handling in Christianity. Members of some Christian sects in the Southern United States are regularly bitten by venomous snakes while participating in "snake handling" rituals. This ritual is inspired by a literal interpretation of the Bible verses Mark 16:17–18.