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TIL Tommy Lee Jones is the face of the advertising campaign for Boss canned coffee in Japan, and has been for some time

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kJWBE TIL that Ancient Egypt had proctologists and their term for them was "neru phuyt", which literally translates as "shepherd of the anus".
Lbrm TIL of Urbach-Wiethe disease, a rare genetic disorder that damages the amygdala and causes people to be unable to experience fear.
NXgvJ TIL that frozen embryos show no significant effect of storage time on post-thaw survival for IVF, and that pregnancies have been reported from embryos stored for 27 years.
7rJ4r TIL actress Anne Ramsey - better known as Mama Fratelli in "The Goonies" and Mrs. Lift in "Throw Momma From The Train" - had a famously unique speech slur left over after surgery from esophageal cancer in 1984. That cancer would later return in 1988, and was the ultimate cause of her passing
0d7gp TIL Beagles are the dog breed most often used in animal testing, due to their size and passive nature.