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4kNpX TIL that extended Cigarette holders had many useful purposes.
n1Yb TIL that a man escaped from a German prison by hiding in a cardboard box, which was then taken outside of the prison by courier
9YLOm TIL a bezoar is a round, solid mass of indigestible material such as calcium and magnesium phosphate that accumulates in your digestive tract. A 2013 review presented 46 patients treated with Coca-Cola for bezoars. A total of 91.3% of patients had complete resolution after treatment with Coca-Cola.
6E6K7 TIL Studies in 'ice cores' found in Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania - the mountain which supplies the Nile with its water - have revealed that a drought did take place around 3600 years ago - around the time the Bible sets Joseph's story in Egypt
woV7J TIL that Abraham Lincoln nearly joined the Donner-Reed Party on their disastrous journey. It was only because of his wife's disapproval that he did not go with his good friend James Reed.