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TIL rectal stimulation is a proven method to get rid of hiccups.

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W75m4 TIL China has a Social Credit System similar to Black Mirror’s “Nosedive”
9YED7 TIL many organ donation recipients report new traits and tendencies (such as food cravings) that they share with their donor.
Y70Zd TIL that the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador is almost as big as California, slightly bigger than Japan, and nearly two times the size of the United Kingdom.
nWlPd TIL that a male cocaine addict who fathers a son passes on genetic adaptations that reduce or prevent susceptibility to cocaine addiction in that son. It doesn’t work for daughters, though.
gMbx4 TIL that in 1790, Thomas Jefferson proposed a decimal-based system for weight, length, and volume that predates the metric system. If it had been adopted, 1 mile would equal 10,000 ft, an inch would be divisible by 10, and 1 cubic foot would equal exactly 1,000 ounces.