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TIL that nose-blowing when you have a cold isn’t recommended. Doing so can sometimes push snot into your sinuses and cause issues.

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69VmQ TIL that 12 million "Shrek Forever After" drinking glasses (sold by McDonalds) were recalled in 2010 for containing the toxic metal Cadmium in their painted decorations
j6NxM TIL about the Widmanstätten pattern wich forms in asteroids and because of many factors including temperature, pressure, time and iron/nickel content, it's impossible to recreate on earth in the same way
JY4al TIL about the unsolved killing of Ken McElroy of Skidmore, Missouri. He was indicted 21 times and escaped conviction each time, except the last. He was later killed in broad daylight by at least two different firearms. Although this was witnessed by a few dozen people, no one has been convicted.
gAB7 TIL there is a spider that weighs as much as a small puppy, has hardened claws, and sports two-inch fangs.
8v8K TIL in 1897, a newlywed woman was found dead in her home. Although her death was attributed to natural causes, her mother’s insistence that she had been visited by the woman’s ghost compelled authorities to reopen the case, at which time an autopsy revealed the woman had suffered a broken neck.