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TIL: Tonsil Stones Can Form When Food, Bacteria, and Other Debris Get Stuck in Your Tonsils. (And They Look Like Teeth!)

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9JYm TIL that the Great Pyramid was shiny like a glass 4,000 years ago.
XEovr TIL there is a species intermediate in size between a wallaby and a kangaroo. They are called wallaroos.
XRJD TIL H. G. Wells created a tabletop-esque war game, in 1913, called “Little Wars; a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys’ games and books.” which can be read and downloaded via Project Gutenberg.
GYZJj TIL Men generate their own little heat islands, kind of like walking space heaters. But since women typically have less muscle mass and evaporate less heat through the pores in their skin, they might feel colder than men in a room with the same air temperature
X0wK6 TIL who else is in the LPGA Hall of Fame alongside New Zealand's Lydia Ko.