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TIL Why You Should Stop Rinsing Your Mouth After Brushing

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VMww0 TIL that many countries used "Immurement" as a form of punishment, where the victim was locked in a box and left to starve to death. The latest usage was in 1914, where a Mongolian woman left in a wooden crate died of dehydration.
9wkvp TIL that "Manic Monday" by the Bangles was written by Prince under the pseudonym "Christopher"
xVwyb Today I learned that Vincent van Gogh cut his left ear, not his right one, as he's usually shown. This is because he painted his famous self-portrait using a mirror.
8KgG TIL that after being run through by a Japanese officer, Fazal Din VC took the sword from the officer and proceeded to kill him and two other Japanese soldiers with it before dying.
8ao1a TIL When Muhammad Ali fought in 1974, it is estimated that 1 billion people watched his fight, with the world population being 4 billion at the time, that's one quarter of humanity watching him fight.