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TIL that tongues can gain and lose weight, and losing tongue weight can help with sleep apnea.

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AXW4 TIL that the copyright extension on Mickey Mouse will expire in 2023 and he will then be in the public domain, unless another copyright extension is passed
QJx1L TIL Clyde Barrow of crime-duo Bonnie & Clyde was sentenced to a 14 year prison-sentence for auto theft in 1930. Two years into his sentence he decided to chop off two of his toes in order to get out of doing hard labor. Unbeknownst to him, he would be paroled six days later.
mxLQR TIL that a woman discovered from watching TV that her current house was once owned by a serial killer who used to torture women in the basement
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Lo0p TIL that during the Han Dynasty, plague victims were catapulted into cites under siege as a form of biological warfare.