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TIL That Orgasms can help relieve or cure Hiccups.

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D1lwY TIL of the California Genocide, an oft-forgotten event in U.S. history due to occurring at the same time at the California Gold Rush. The Native American population of California decreased from as many as 150,000 in 1848 to 30,000 in 1870. Tribes such as the Yahi were hunted to extinction.
e0xmJ TIL of Here Come the Mummies, a funk band consisting of 12 members, who are rumoured to have several Grammy awards among the members, however this is difficult to prove, as all the members wear full mummy costumes when performing.
PY0ZG TIL George H.W. Bush vomited on the Japanese prime minister's lap, coining the phrase Bushu-suru, which means "to do the Bush thing"
LjJ0 TIL that it wasn’t until the 1930s that production techniques improved to the point where toilet paper could be advertised as “splinter free”.
VMD4G TIL That, while it is the most common position for nearly all animals, no one is quite sure why the sex position became referred to as "doggy style". In Latin it was known as "sexual intercourse in the manner of wild beasts" and in the Kama Sutra it is called "the cow position".