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TIL that after using the restroom, orthodox Jews recite a blessing in which they thank God for giving us all buttholes

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j6V1v TIL the 1927 Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine was given to Julius Wagner-Jauregg for curing mental illness by giving patients malaria. (He was, in fact, curing them of syphilis because the malaria fevers are so high that they kill the bacteria. The malaria was subsequently cured with quinine.)
l4kG TIL the children’s television show “Arthur” did a parody of “South Park”, where aliens come to earth, abduct and try to eat Arthur, but don’t due to his high cholesterol.
VXe8 TIL not having friends has the same health risks as smoking a pack a day.
ejRL TIL that NASA has one Hubble Telescope pointed at space. The CIA has 15 of them pointed at Earth.
LkVjV TIL The briefcase in Pulp Fiction originally contained diamonds but that was deemed too predictable so it was decided that the contents were never to be seen. This way each audience member would fill in the blank with their own contents.