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TIL there is one living person who uses an iron lung

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7r9L7 TIL in one Simpsons episode, Homer coats his mouth in hot wax in order to eat hot peppers. Fox censors sent a note to writers, asking that he scream in pain to stop kids watching from copying him. No scream was added; instead dialogue from Ralph Wiggum questioning Homer on his action was used.
4XwNJ TIL that in 1920 a 4th century lead tablet was discovered in which Silvanus asked the god Nodens to curse the thief that stole his ring. The ring, interestingly, has been identified as one found 130km from the tablet 200 years prior.
NX4o8 TIL A romance novelist who wrote an online essay “How to Murder Your Husband” received life in prison for murdering her husband.
4QLg TIL that in WW2 during calls to see if a safe house was convenient to visit the person answering would reply “no, I’m too busy.” If the safe house had been captured and taken over they would reply “yes, come on over.”
LQGgp TIL that “80085” which looks like “BOOBS” is not a valid Colorado zip code, but upside down “58008” corresponds to a real town, pop. 40, called Barney, ND.