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TIL that voluntarily curling your toes causes your asshole to contract

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VoJk TIL France is the second largest hip hop market in the world
r1K4 TIL that Tom Hanks in Castaway allowed himself to gain weight to fit the role of a middle-aged man. Production was then halted for a year so he could lose 50 pounds and grow out his hair for his time spent on the island. During the hiatus, Robert Zemeckis used the same crew for What Lies Beneath.
d8aWZ TIL that the interjection "yo" dates back to 16th-century Middle English and was popularized by Italian-Americans in Philadelphia in the 1940s.
KOxkQ TIL in 2015, 100-year-old pub, The Carlton Tavern was illegally demolished by greedy developers. The pub was the only building in the street to survive the Blitz during World War II; because of that was subsequently ordered to be rebuilt brick by brick by the developer.
LQv9m TIL of the Illusory Truth Effect which is when people will start to believe a lie if they hear it enough times simply because the "familiarity can over power rationality," causing something familiar to feel right.