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TIL there is a hemorrhoid treatment where they are slowly strangled with tight little rubber bands.

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j6XmR TIL that a Humanized mouse is a genetically modified mouse that has functioning human genes, cells, tissues and/or organs.
vm9x TIL that the Honeyguide bird leads humans (and other large mammals) to beehives. Once the hive is broken and the human has removed the honey, the bird can feed on the beeswax and larvae.
JYgDB TIL Kurt Cobain admitted when he wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit he was trying to write the ultimate pop song. “I was basically trying to rip off the Pixies.”
QN7aE TIL in the TV show House, the producers originally wanted as part of the opening sequence during the theme song, to include an image of a cane and an image of a Vicodin bottle but Fox objected so they settled on rowers on a lake instead.
grVd8 TIL early test audiences saw a version in which E.T. died on American soil & those people hated it so vehemently that the studio insisted E.T. live, so the final cut shows E.T. leaving for home. Audiences cried "happy tears" & made the film the 4th highest-grossing ever when adjusted for inflation.