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TIL Ancient Egyptians would put dead mice in their mouth with the hopes it would cure a toothache.

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JOKl TIL That breast cancer survivors from all over the globe flock to Little Vinnie’s in Baltimore. Little V is world famous as the “Michelangelo of Nipple Tattoos”, he cosmetically tattoos highly detailed areolas on women who lost theirs from mastectomies.
eppbk TIL that English helicopter magnate Alan Bristow once called double amputee war-hero Douglas Bader a 'tin-legged git' and threw him into a swimming pool. He also invented a waterbed for cows.
VMl6D TIL you mostly breathe through one nostril at a time. Every few hours, your autonomic nervous system will switch nostrils to give the another one a break!
8AJL TIL that many incredients in lip balms – phenol, camphor, eucalyptus, menthol, peppermint and spearmint – are skin irritants or drying agents, which provide short term relief but end up making your lips worse in the long run, thus encouraging you to use more lip balm.
kOoR4 TIL that in the 1980's, A&W tried to compete with the McDonald's Quarter Pounder by selling a 1/3 burger at a lower cost. The product failed, because most customers thought 1/4 pound was bigger.