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TIL It’s actually better to floss before brushing

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GA5aQ TIL Writer Nikolai Gogol slowly died of self starvation after refusing all food. His doctors tried to cure him through a number of brutal methods such as force feeding him bouillon, pouring a bucket of hot water on his head, applying half a dozen leeches on his nose and a soap suppository
m1GgP TIL of Yhprum's law, the opposite of Murphy's law, stating that "everything that can work, will work." "Yhprum" is "Murphy", spelled backwards.
R5kN8 TIL about the Zimmermann Telegram, a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the USA entered World War I against Germany. The telegram was intercepted by British intelligence.
kneB TIL in 2008, the Chilean 50 peso was misspelled as “CHIIE” instead of “CHILE,” with a second “I” in place of the “L". When the error was brought to light in 2009, Gregorio Iniguez, the director of the Chile Mint, and others were fired from their jobs.
rRrnW TIL the Ice cream truck jingle has a name: The Turkey and the Straw