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TIL people can cough up mucous plugs that are so large they show the outline of the airways.

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Ooa0R TIL that when Jeff Hilger first started marketing the Koala Bear Kare Baby Changing Station in the 80's most businesses saw no need for it. It wasnt until after he started passing out fliers of a woman changing her baby's diaper on a dirty bathroom floor that his idea became a huge success.
oRDJE TIL that the phrase ‘the die has already been cast’ comes from a supposed quote by Julius Caesar in 49 BC, “Alea iacta est”, when he crossed the rubicon. He was saying once he crossed the Rubicon with his army, the act of rebellion started a civil war in Rome and signified a point of no return.
v1Yg8 TIL: a man accused of swallowing narcotics, went an incredible 47 days in custody without any bowel movements, leading to his release
6vdw TIL Thousands of shipping containers a year become “large floating objects” in the ocean.
6EDwJ TIL Salvador Dali was a cheapskate who liked to appear generous to his friends by inviting them to fancy restaurants. When it was time to pay the bill, he would write out a check then doodle a sketch on the reverse, knowing that the restauranteur would never cash a check bearing one of his sketches