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TIL the Chinese takeout box is an American invention that has never been used in China.

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LQpOP TIL flat earth conspiracy theorists believe a conspiracy theory that the Flat Earth Society is a government controlled body to disprove flat earthers
LQ76r TIL that the largest fish ever caught with a rod and reel was a 3,427-pound great white shark caught by Frank Mundus in 1986. Mundus, a famous charter boat captain and fisherman, was the inspiration for the Jaws character Quint.
vRKB TIL in 1946 US researchers used prostitutes to infect prison inmates and insane asylum patients to test the effectiveness of Penicillin.
X0v9j TIL “swallowing the tongue during a seizure” is actually a myth. The muscle underneath the tongue (lingual frenulum) prevents this from happening
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