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TIL about Narcocorridos or drug songs commissioned by drug cartels to sing about the illegal drug business

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R5pp4 TIL that when swallowing, the tongue elevates to push food back into the pharynx.
Lkag0 TIL UFC Champion Charles Oliveira who was born in a poor family in a favela in Brazil, was diagnosed with a disease at age 7 and was told he would never walk again. His mother responded "we don't accept that." His mom then sold snacks and discarded cardboard on the streets to help fund his training
ANGJB TIL Bilk, an English indie rock band, had a founding drummer named Richard Jarrett who left the band in 2022 after being implicated in a J$2 million corned beef theft in Spanish Town, Jamaica
ojnE TIL one of the Books of Mormon was translated by its founder from an Egyptian scroll, purportedly written by Abraham himself, that was presumed lost in a museum fire. The scroll was rediscovered in 1966 and was shown to be a common funerary text.
gMNo4 TIL of Tyrone "Muggsy" Bogues, the shortest NBA player ever at 5'3''