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TIL that bagel-related injuries are so common that hospitals have special names for them.

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aZQN TIL I learned that holding in farts can be dangerous and lead to diverticulitis
j6JYN TIL that almost 3% of films released in the 1960s included depictions of people sinking in quicksand, clay or mud
rNGd TIL on October 20, 1944, an above-ground natural gas storage tank began to leak. The gas eventually made its way into the sewers of Cleveland and eventually ignited, blowing manhole covers miles away and shooting flames up through the plumbing of homes. 130 people were killed.
BryZL TIL that Ben Stiller came up with the idea for "Tropic Thunder" while working on the set of Steven Spielberg's WW2 drama "Empire of the Sun" and seeing actors come back from "fake" Army boot camp and treating it like a real war experience.
4XEDX TIL That the Church of Satan will not grant membership to minors, (so any teenager claiming to be a card-carrying Satanist is lying.)