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TIL that voluntarily curling your toes causes your asshole to contract

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0EDA TIL Japanese beer cans have “alcohol” in braille on the top of can to prevent the blind from accidently buying beer.
X0XAE TIL in 1962, the US accidentally dropped two nuclear bombs over North Carolina. Fortunately, neither of the bombs detonated.
b9L6N TIL that the same engineer who was responsible for adding lead (TEL) to gasoline was also responsible for the widespread use of CFCs as refrigerants. The same person was responsible for two of the worst air pollutants of the twentieth century.
WMkA TIL that the red juice that comes off of meat actually isn’t blood.
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