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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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pvxe TIL Penguins are not averse to a spot of gang rape, necrophilia, pedophilia and psychotic violence
NPMP TIL When it was discovered that Hasbro’s flubber toy was discovered to be toxic they attempted to incinerate the remaining stock (which didn’t work) then attempted to bury it in the ocean (it just floated to the top) and finally buried it under a new parking lot.
j8gv TIL Super Mario wears a hat because his creator found it too difficult to draw his hair and eyebrows.
Zn6B TIL that the man from the “Technoviking” video sued the creator for violating his ‘personality rights’ 13 years later, taking all his earnings from the video/merchandise and sending him into debt. The creator had to crowdfund for a documentary about the video to get out of debt.
Mejvm TIL that Lethal Weapon 2 opened in South Africa, December 1989. Despite the film's anti-South African stance, it was passed uncut by the censors and it was a huge hit. Two months later, Nelson Mandela was released from prison. Danny Glover had actually portrayed him in HBO’s Mandela (1987)