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TIL that cracking your knuckles doesn’t cause arthritis. The sound comes from harmless gas bubbles popping.

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p8gO8 TIL that Heinz petitioned American bun companies to consider equal hot dog-to-bread ratio.
b69r4 TIL that "topless swimsuits" are monokinis and were designed in 1962 by Austrian Rudi Gernreich, who predicted that "bosoms will be uncovered within five years"
05E5 TIL that of the 196 countries in the world, 59 of them gained independence from the United Kingdom.
KYWAG TIL a waitress was tipped a lottery ticket and won $10,000,000. She was then sued by her colleagues for their share. Then she was sued by the man who tipped her the ticket. Then she was kidnapped by her ex husband, and shot him in the chest. Then she went to court against the IRS.
VM0Zp TIL every member of Congress gets a free porno magazine every month, since 1983.