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TIL that Johnny Cash's estate had to turn down an ad campaign to use Ring of Fire for hemorrhoid-relief medication

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l77g1 TIL Romanian prisoners would receive reduced sentences if they wrote a book.
6DgZ TIL that the Big Bang Theory was first proposed by a Catholic Priest in 1927
0wmkL TIL When an unpredictable event like Covid-19 happens people hoard toilet paper because "because toilet paper has a longer shelf-life than many food items, is prominently featured in aisles and is big in size, we are psychologically drawn to purchasing it in times of crisis."
VMoMD TIL an underwater cave in southern France has >20,000 year old cave art on its walls, made when sea levels were lower. The art depicts Auks, Bison, wild horses, and more.
rRxgM TIL of leblouh, the practice of force-feeding young girls, in African countries where obesity is regarded as desirable. Older women called "fatteners" force the girls to consume enormous quantities of food and liquid, inflicting pain on them if they do not eat and drink.