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TIL you can cure hiccups by having an orgasm

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kOQWE TIL that the city in the world with the most chess grandmasters per capita is Beersheba in southern Israel, with one grandmaster per every 23,000 residents (in comparison, Moscow has one grandmaster per every 170,000 residents, and St. Petersburg has one grandmaster per 215,000 residents)
W90X TIL When Cary Grant was 9-years-old his mother was placed in a mental institution by Grant’s father. He was told she went on a “long holiday”. Believing that she was dead, Grant didn’t learn otherwise until he was 31 and found her living in a care facility.
Gxd5 TIL The actor who played Mr. Peterman in Seinfeld is now part-owner of the J Peterman company after he helped finance the real life John Peterman in buying back the brand name.
LOlv Today I Learned… That there is a millipede in Madagascar that releases hallucinogens when provoked and some lemurs are addicted to it.
QbX TIL that a janitor who worked at Goldman Sachs worked his way up the corporate ladder to eventually become the CEO