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TIL the origin of ‘Mouth Breather’ and ‘Slack Jawed Yokel’ is a dental condition called Lip Incompetance. People have a very hard time keeping their lips together.

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698 TIL that in the 1960s a Russian doctor had to remove his own appendix after it burst because he was the only doctor stationed in a remote antarctic facility with no option for evacuation. He lived to tell the tale.
E0yp TIL George Carlin hosted the very first episode of Saturday Night Live.
wOL1 TIL The most expensive beer in the U.S. is Samuel Adams’ Utopia. It costs $190 per 700ML, is released every 2 years and is banned in 13 states.
1657 TIL That the tingling feeling you get when being whispered to/having the back of your hair cut is called ASMR
bxX4 TIL there is a flying unit of the United States Air Force; The 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron (AFRC), also known by its nickname, Hurricane Hunters, that flies into tropical storms and hurricanes for the specific purpose of directly measuring weather data in and around those storms.