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TIL It’s actually better to floss before brushing

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ab6o TIL that Stalin’s first son shot himself because of Stalin’s harshness toward him, but survived. After this, Stalin said, “He can’t even shoot straight.”
MDB TIL that there is a German word for the sound which occurs when you’re rummaging for the right LEGO piece: Gruschteling
x6Bmo TIL the two largest annual jazz festivals in the world are held in Montreal and Montreux
xx4B TIL bowling originated as a religious ceremony. A stone was rolled at the Kegel, which represented the Heide (heathen), and those successfully toppling it were believed to have cleansed themselves of sin.
R5m8a TIL of an epic April Fool’s prank by BBC in 1957 - a 3 minute broadcast around a family in southern Switzerland harvesting spaghetti from a "spaghetti tree".