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TIL that you produce so much saliva before vomiting to protect your teeth and throat from the acid in the vomit

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Y9xx TIL The Chinese government “encouraged” the country’s tallest female basketball player to marry the country’s tallest man. Their child was Yao Ming.
eKPL TIL That when the movie “The Rock” premiered on Alcatraz in 1996 a man windsurfed to the island wearing a wing-collar tuxedo shirt and bow tie, and then snuck into the celebrity party. He claimed to have already had a cocktail with Sean Connery by the time he was caught.
epMNk TIL A cat in Connecticut was once placed under house arrest by a judge for allegedly attacking and frightening neighbors
0dXy TIL 93% of Americans eat pizza at least once a month
OGAlY TIL the Republican party, as much as they decry deficits, are consistently worse about them