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TIL a slipped disk is actually a misnomer for a herniated disk, often from lining tearing which is why it can't be slipped back into place

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gyEy TIL After Paul McCartney dreamed the melody to “Yesterday” and woke up thinking he subconsciously plagiarized the song, he would play a demo to other bands to make sure the song wasn’t theirs.
9wKkM TIL Thomas Cromwell led the persecution of Anne Boleyn based on a prophecy of "secret treason" against Henry VIII by "children of unbelief." Anne opposed Cromwell's harder line on the church but when a priest close to her attacked Cromwell in a sermon Cromwell became convinced the prophecy was true.
9Yyw6 TIL of "A Counterblaste to Tobacco", an anti-smoking treatise written by King James VI in 1604. In it, he warns of the dangers of passive smoking as well as the damage to the lungs and brain
eQE6 TIL the latin word “vagina” means “sheath”… i.e. the cover for a sword
4XLR6 TIL: Iowa has a law that prevents new roads from being constructed diagonally. They want every road to be in a cardinal direction.