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TIL the guy who did the voice of McGruff the Crime Dog was sentenced to 16 years in prison for weed and ammo

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YXXv TIL that a man went through simulated labor to put an end to the age old debate about pain thresholds…and called mercy after three hours.
g15y TIL Hermione Granger is 34 years old. Today.
X0MDk TIL that you instinctively rub a body part after hitting it bc of the gate control theory of pain. Rubbing it creates non-painful input which closes the nerve "gates" to painful input, thereby preventing pain from traveling to the central nervous system.
4KPJ TIL A 1997 comedy movie by the name of “Trojan War” made only $309 in ticket sales. It’s budget? 15 million.
Wpy9 TIL that in 1936 a patent for a “flying saucer” called Aerodina Lenticulara was applied for. The same inventor is also credited by some with the world first jet in 1910. In 1905, he also built a missile-aeroplane for the Romanian Army.