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TIL that the Secret Language of Fans was more a marketing ploy to sell fans, then an actual language of signals that women used and men understood.

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ANZRa TIL That in 2004, a 25 year old virginal Japanese woman had surgery to remove a mature fetiform teratoma (a tumor that formed a doll-like structure) that contained brain, eye, spinal nerve, ear, teeth, thyroid gland, bone, bone marrow, gut, trachea, and blood vessel tissue... and more. 😳
D1QEY TIL: Peppercorns could help alleviate Cannabis-induced anxiety.
4bK5 TIL there is an island so densley populated with snakes the Brazilian Navy had it quarantined and a biologist said when on the island “you are never more than 3 feet from death.” That island is called Snake Island.
XErPP TIL that MRI is actually NMRI - Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Nuclear is dropped because people would be less likely to trust the technology.
vZnB TIL that Huey, Dewey and Louie’s real names are Huebert Duck, Deuteronomy Duck and Louis Duck.