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TIL you can cure hiccups by having an orgasm

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J8rk TIL that the disc for Playstation game Tiger Woods PGA Tour ‘99 contained a copy of the short film “The Spirit of Christmas” that spawned the South Park series, but was unauthorized to do so and was recalled as a result.
wLGAP TIL Karl Marx has a living great-great-grandson named Joseph Marx who does parkour for money outside of a McDonalds in Kingston, UK
nEb TIL that Greenland is possibly made up of 3 islands concealed by the ice sheet
wL8ZE TIL that the military salute comes from when medieval knights used to raise their visors so that senior officers would recognise them, and developed from there.
6Nnl TIL that the 1992 comedy “My Cousin Vinny” is so well regarded in the US legal community that it is frequently used in law schools to demonstrate courtroom procedures such as voire dire and cross examination