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TIL "Said the actress to the bishop," is the original, "That's what she said."

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nY4B TIL that weeks after “The Soup Nazi” aired on Seinfeld, the man (Ali Yeganeh) that the character is based on kicked Jerry Seinfeld out of his restaurant for ruining his business. When Seinfeld gave him an insincere apology, Yeganeh ejected him from the restaurant, yelling, “No soup for you!”
OoP6L TIL the US delivered $12 billion in shrink-wrapped $100 bills to Iraq, then "misplaced" it all
wLPLM TIL about the bradycardic response, a phenomenon where infants, when submerged in water, reflexively hold their breath as their heart rate slows and any water ingested is directed to the stomach. This reflex disappears around 6 months of age.
BrDaL TIL a man lived 555 days without his heart, he used instead device he carried on his backpack to pump blood through his body, enabling him to do all sorts of things while awaiting transplant
oRK78 TIL that professional wrestlers stab themselves with a razor blade to create blood for the match