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TIL A 60 year old man developed a permanent hiccups after a medical procedure. It was then cured through a digital rectal massage.

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nEDG TIL according to Chili Appreciation Society International, cooks are forbidden from putting beans in chili.
Ldwr TIL In the 1920s a new species of hominid was discovered in China and given to the United States during WW2 to protect it from the Japanese. The nearly 200 fossils went missing during the attack on Pearl Harbor and have not been seen since.
OoVMe TIL that Mary Shelley wrote a novella about a father's incestuous love to his daughter, and Mary gave it to her father to review, who called it "disgusting and detestable".
XWlE TIL in 2012 Drake had his security team threaten a tattoo artist in his shop, while Drake sat in the car outside.
9w5Rr TIL that in Spain, there is only one town whose name begins with the letter W, being the town of Wamba (Vamba), named in honor of the Gothic king of the same name postumatically.