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TIL Joey Ramone was in remission from lymphoma, but his lifelong OCD led him to go back to his chiropractor to see if he closed the door right. He slipped on ice and broke his hip, forcing him out of chemo to recover, which ultimately lead to the lymphoma reemerging and ultimately killing him.

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9YmeB TIL Forensic lip-readers are usually deaf or from deaf families, and use lipreading in their daily lives to a greater extent than people with normal hearing outwith a deaf community. In the UK, a landmark case established the admissibility of lipreading evidence.
KOdKa TIL Ikea ran a print advert which you urinated on, and if you were pregnant it gave you a 50% discount on a crib.
kOZYE TIL of the Beggar's Badge, a badge given out by the Scottish government in the 1400s. Only beggars who demonstrated adherence to Christian morals, and could prove themselves unable to work, were given a badge. This gave the government a way to control who was allowed to beg.
d8eJj TIL that Stephen King based his first novel, "Carrie", on two girls from his school. One was bullied for wearing used clothes, while the other was raised in a highly religious family. The first girl committed suicide by hanging herself at the age of 14, while the other died of an epileptic seizure.
V5Q0 TIL that ‘paddywhack’ is the nuchal ligament of sheep and cattle - often dried to make a dog treat! (With a knick-knack paddywhack, give the dog a bone…)