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TIL it is possible to break a rib by coughing or sneezing

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b9QX0 TIL In 1969, Carl Sagan authored an essay detailing his personal experience with cannabis under the pseudonym "Mr. X". The identity of Mr. X wasn't revealed until after Sagan's death in 1996.
jNgnn TIL of the Battle of the Bullfrogs- in a 1754 CT town citizens rushed out of their homes armed against the sound of warring bullfrogs, leading to mass hysteria. The townspeople were ridiculed, and in response adopted the bullfrog as a symbol of pride.
b69DQ TIL in 2009 women in a Columbian town went on a sex strike to force the men of the town to repair the main road in and out of town. After 112 days the work on the highway began.
J1bEl TIL that The statue of liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World), was recycled from a refused similar project supposed to sit next to the Suez canal.
KLOJ TIL Harriet Tubman threatened death to escaping slaves if they wanted to turn back. “If he was weak enough to give out, he’d be weak enough to betray us all, and all who had helped us; and do you think I’d let so many die just for one coward man.”