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TIL that we produce a lot of saliva just before vomiting in order to protect our teeth from erosion due the acidity of vomit.

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5VByr TIL Crows hold 'funerals' for fellow crows. Often neighboring crows who didn't know the now deceased crow or even see it die will attend these 'funerals'
wLm61 TIL 'Figging' is the practice of inserting a piece of skinned ginger into the anus or vagina to produce an acute burning sensation. It was historically used as punishment but is now adopted as a BDSM practice.
x8ED TIL Sharon Stone for may years maintained that she had an IQ of 148 and was a member of Mensa. She finally admitted in 2002 that she was not, and had never been a member of Mensa.
DQamr TIL in the Battle of Kartarpur 1,800 Sikhs under Guru Hargobind fought an army of at least 52,000 Mughals who were led by an ex Sikh general, the governor of Peshwar, and governor of Jalandhar. The Sikh won and killed at least 50,000 Mughals.
rNXm4 TIL that before ice cream cones were invented, people used "penny licks" to eat ice cream from street vendors: a small glass which the customer would lick clean and return to the vendor. They were banned in 1898 due to concerns about the spread of disease, particularly cholera and tuberculosis.