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TIL: Rectal Tonsils

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eor4 TIL that, during WWII, Dutch restistance leader Gerrit Kastein was captured, placed in an interrogation room and tied to a chair. Because he feared he would give up names under torture, while left alone he jumped through a closed second floor window while still attached to the chair.
yYQX TIL that filming on the movie ‘The Abyss’ was so intense that actor Ed Harris spontaneously burst into sobbing one day while driving home.
XWD8 TIL the Large Hadron Collider had to be shutdown when a weasel fell into it.
wLwmY TIL that Zimbabwe used to have a 100-trillion-dollar bill that was equal to just $0.40 USD.
7rPXb TIL Ikea has clear structure around the naming of their products. Beds and wardrobes - Norweigan place names, Chairs/Desks - men's names, Kitchen items - foreign works, spices, herbs, and fish, Curtains - mathematical terms.