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TIL learned that the treadmill was designed as a torture device for prisoners.

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mxrbE TIL the Tahitian Football League awards 1 point for a defeat, as according to the Tahiti Football President Charles Ariitoma "we don't want anyone to be sad."
R7x7Q TIL that despite that the Canadian tv channel that it airs on (Family TV) being owned by the media company that produced the show (DHX Media) the remainder of the Canadian teen series Backstage has not aired on it and the latest new episode was shown on April 20, 2019. Reruns are still airing there.
gBxA TIL the “Law & Order” sound is “technically a piece of music”, so composer Mike Post gets a royalty every time it is played. Post calls the sound “ching ching” because he’s “making money off of it.”
KO7vJ TIL that Kevin Clash, the voice & puppeteer behind Elmo (until his resignation in 2012) was also the puppeteer and voice of Master Splinter in the first two live action TMNT movies from 1990 & 1991.
ZW8Y TIL that tonsils are strategically placed near the airway in order to “catch” incoming bacteria and viruses. They often become infected as their main purpose is to sample these bodies and build up an immunity so the much more vulnerable lungs are able to fight off infection.