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TIL about "laptop thigh."

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PpKO TIL The hottest curry on earth is a British curry made in Grantham, Lincolnshire. Known as ‘The Widower’ it is so hot it can make you hallucinate.
neKA7 TIL that Rodney Dangerfield smoked pot at the White House during the Reagan administration.
OAWg TIL that when there were no clocks, there were candle clocks that burned a set amount of hours. If you wanted a reminder or alarm, you pushed a nail at the desired time length in the candle and when it melted to that point, the nail would fall and clank on the metal holder alerting you.
mmjx TIL that, as part of cost-cutting measures due to the Greek debt crisis, the government’s largest healthcare provider elected to amputate limbs instead of provide special footwear to diabetes patients - because it was cheaper.
rNX0M TIL Ike Barinholtz, Morgan on The Mindy Project, the typecast lovable idiot who also has a brother who plays a similar role in Superstore was in Celebrity Jeopardy and was so good got to the Tournament of Champions. I guess his portrayal was so good I can't see him as anything else.