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

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rNrXw TIL Montreal was a refuge for Confederate agents and allies, including John Wilkes Booth just a few months before he would kill President Lincoln.
AnZl TIL there is a fish named Salema porgy when eaten causes severe hallucinations lasting up to 36 hours. It was a party drug during the Roman Empire
dD4Aj TIL in 1965 a 90 year old woman in France sold her home in an arrangement that allowed her to live in it for the rest of her life and receive a 2,500 Franc monthly payment. That women went on to be the oldest person in history and received over double the properties value.
loGMV TIL chickens eat mice. Once the chickens are asleep, the mice come out to play.
rry TIL That from the late 1860s until the 1970s, several American cities had ugly laws making it illegal for persons with “unsightly or disgusting” disabilities to appear in public