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TIL that Gouverneur Morris (Founding Father of the U.S.) died due to the use of a piece of whale baleen as a catheter in an attempt to clear a blockage in his urinary tract.

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69M08 TIL that a Japanese man named Yasuo Takamatsu searches for his wife's remains after she was lost in the 2011 Earthquake and Tsunami in Japan.
0wxjL TIL that one of the strongest men in the world, who holds multiple weight lifting records, is a vegan.
ADAeo TIL there is only one person registered as a "Rectal Teaching Assistant" in the UK, traveling the country offering his anus to be examined by trainee doctors. He has since lost his job to a robot anus.
VMJeG TIL that the heist in Die Hard with a Vengance was so plausible that the FBI questioned the screenwriter leading to the Federal Reserve changing their security protocal.
aw1NM TIL rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard's verse on the hit song "Ghetto Supastar" was the result of him showing up at the wrong studio, loving the song, and asking to be part of it.