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

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xnB0 TIL a German woman named Thea Alba became famous in the 1920s because she’s could write 10 different things with all 10 fingers at the same time. She could also write using both hands, both feet, and her mouth simultaneously spelling in different languages.
epyl6 TIL octopuses deliberately throw shells at each other. Researchers found that 66% of throws were made by females, often in response to mating attempts. For a creature with no thumbs or rotator cuffs, they had a 17% hit rate.
e0Awb TIL that Jonathan Winters' career started when he entered a contest in which the top prize was a watch. Having lost his watch, his wife encouraged him to enter the contest, which he won
epR9n TIL Absence Status Epilepticus is an epileptic condition in which convulsions do not occur and there is no postictal symptom. As a result, the person might remain unaware of the occurrence of the seizure.
6Eonm TIL that the reason we refer to people as redheads instead of more accurately as “orangeheads” is because both the fruit and the word to describe its color doesn’t enter the English language until the 1300’s.