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TIL you can get appendix stones, calcified deposits similar to bladder or kidney stones. They’re called appendicoliths.

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XY88 TIL Two comprehensive studies have shown even the must astute violin players choose the sound from even brand new violins over Stradivarius violins, despite the widely held belief Stradivarius violins are vastly superior, costing several millions of dollars and being hundreds of years old.
YJBZ TIL that in 1985, Philadelphia police used a helicopter to drop two bombs on a house during an armed standoff. The bombs ignited a fire that killed 11 and destroyed 60 homes.
ObAY TIL the Caribbean Taino natives believed in a deity called Guabancex, the goddess of chaos and destruction, who could call upon a storm called the “juracán”. This is where the Spanish word “huracán” comes from, which later became the English word “hurricane”.
e09OE TIL Mother whales breastfeed via extendable nipples stored in slits adjacent to their genitals
KYl6R TIL conspiracy is against the law and just one move to enact the plan is enough to get you convicted.