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TIL that blowing smoke up your ass used to be a common cure for many ailments

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p8Va8 TIL about the North Korean third broadcast network. It is a network of speakers that are wired into people's homes and relays local news and instructions. There are also rumours that the system can't be turned off, but the volume can be lowered.
xAkD TIL in Iran “thumbs up” means a penis
b6ykp TIL that the Caesar Salad was invented in Tijuana Mexico, not Rome, in 1924 by Caesar Cardini
VBGAm TIL on Nov 5, 1872, when American women couldn't vote, Susan B. Anthony voted. She and the election workers refused to pay fines. The judge didn't jail Anthony, which prevented her from taking the case to the Supreme Court, but the workers were jailed (later pardoned by President Ulysses Grant)
wLw86 TIL Sheriff Joe Arpaio had detectives purchase bomb parts and coerce a man, James Saville, in a plot to assassinate Arpaio. After four years of incarceration Saville was acquitted and ended up winning a lawsuit costing taxpayers $1.1 million.