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TIL "yt ppl" refers to “white people”

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l7lx5 TIL that a yoga practice called khecarī mudrā consists of gradually severing part of the tongue in order to curl it back further than what is naturally possible until the practitioner can reach the inside of their own nasal cavity.
V5dZ TIL During ‘Brainstorm’ filming, Natalie Wood drowned while on a boat with Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken. Wood’s body was discovered 1Mile away and small dinghy found nearby. The autopsy showed bruises on her body and arms as well as an abrasion on her left cheek.
D1kZe TIL: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a Japanese military leader who unified Japan and became the de facto leader of Japan, was never granted the title of Shogun because he had no traceable samurai lineage, and his father was an ashigaru – a peasant employed by the samurai as a foot soldier.
X0Ld8 TIL that Prisons FC is an Ugandan professional football (soccer) club owned by Uganda Prisons Service, currently playing in the Ugandan Premier League.
RkR6 TIL Ben Sliney gave the SCATANA order on 9/11 that grounded all 4,200~ planes in US airspace. It was his first day on the job, and the first time in history the order had been used.