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TIL that the popsicle was invented by an 11-year-old kid.
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TIL In the 1600s a Dutch doctor Cornelius Bontekoe prescribed a cup of tea as a cure all to ailments. As a cup of tea caught on as a popular drink it led to a drop in mortality rates between 7%-25% across England as boiling coincidentally improved water quality
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TIL that repeated attempts to capitalize on the popularity of McDonald's Quarter Pounder by releasing competing 1/3 pound burgers have failed because Americans are bad at fractions.
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TIL that in 1961, a 27 year old Soviet doctor stationed at the South Pole performed a self-appendectomy using a mirror. He fully recovered.
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TIL What sound an angry Tarantula makes and I dont know how to deal with that information but I will share it with you guys so we can happily suffer together
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TIL about one of the rarest plays in (American) football: The “Fair Catch Kick”. After a team calls a fair catch, they can opt to attempt a free kick from the spot of the catch to try for a field goal. Adapted from Rugby, only 24 recorded regular game attempts with 6 successes.