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TIL a Vanderbilt study estimated that roughly 25% of women and 33% of men snort when they laugh.

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oEaW TIL Audrey Hepburn was a ballet prodigy as a child, but after five years of malnutrition due to German occupation during WWII, she was permanently too weak to dance, so she turned to acting.
d8njd TIL of a non-theistic religion called the Church of Body Modification which practises piercing, scarification, plastic surgery, firewalking, corsetry and fasting in order to live a spiritually complete life
rN5ro TIL the amount spent on basic track maintenance and other safety measures has been falling in India. Less money was being allocated for track renewal work and officials had not even spent the full amount set aside.
OoBR TIL that Snoop Dogg was a member of the Nation of Islam up until earlier this year, when he claimed to be “born again” and converted to Rastafarianism. He also claims to be the reincarnation of Bob Marley.
wow18 TIL about the Our Lady of Angels School Fire. A Catholic school in Chicago burned down in 1958, killing 92 students and 3 nuns.