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TIL more people have walked on the moon than scored against mariano rivera in the postseason

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b9koN TIL that to avoid the censure of his father, a railroad worker who disapproved of poets, the teenage writer Neftalí Ricardo Reyes Basoalto wrote and published poetry under a pseudonym: Pablo Neruda. He would later legally adopt the name and go on to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
XEbQr TIL that squeezing someone's testicles forcefully can kill them
jNewQ GPS has become a staple on any smartphone, but how does it work? How Does Your Brain’s GPS Work?
gM5jW TIL Physicians in the middle ages would drink their patients urine to diagnose medical conditions. They were able to accurately diagnose diabetes because the urine tasted sweet.
OlvR TIL actor Cary Grant made a chocolate trail for his mistress at the Mayfair Hotel in downtown St. Louis. The manager liked the idea so much that he made a chocolate on the pillow upon arrival one of the hotel’s many standard amenities. Hotels have since adopted the gesture.