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TIL Habitual mouthbreathing can cause crowding of the teeth and drastically change the shape of your face.

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yQLKM TIL of N-rays, a new form of radiation described by French physicist Prosper-René Blondlot in 1903, sparking the publication of hundreds of scientific articles. Failing to detect them himself, physicist Robert Wood later found them to be illusionary after sabotaging a experiment by Blondlot himself.
oRwQA TIL Indian wrestler Yogeshwar Dutt refused an Olympic silver upgrade after the original medalist tested positive posthumously, wishing the late athlete's family to keep the medal out of respect.
8emNb TIL an extinct human species derives its name from a cave-dwelling hermit named Dennis
LQQMP TIL in 1999 actor Rebecca Jackson Mendoza survived a stroke caused by a severed aorta after being stabbed in the heart by her husband. By 2005 she made a full recovery and was able to play Breha Organa in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
KO79R TIL in 2006 a Boston court ruled that a burrito is not a sandwich after a dispute between Panera and Qdoba over a shopping mall's "sandwich shop" exclusivity clause