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TIL that the first sign you’re gaining weight is snoring because fat deposits in the tongue first. The tongue’s fatty tissue enlarges, narrowing the airway and causing snoring.

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44AN TIL the FBI made an investigation against Martin Luther King Jr. and after dropping the case the information they found out won’t be released to the public until 2027.
9176 TIL in 1924, The New York Times published an article entitled “Hitler Tamed By Prison” following Hitler’s release from prison. In it, they state: “It is believed he [Hitler] will retire to private life and return to Austria”
MQ87 TIL Actor Steve McQueen narrowly escaped being killed by Charles Manson, because he chose to stay home with a girl instead of going to a party.
PYGWL TIL that the ancient Chinese emperor, Zhu Houzhao, had a fake shopping market built outside his palace so he could pretend to shop like the commoners did. It was staffed by his servants who he made dress up like merchants and commoners.
R7M16 TIL Einstein was still working on his Theory of Everything while laying on his deathbed, in the last hours of his life, while fading in and out of consciousness.