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TIL a study estimates 2/3 of wisdom teeth extractions are medically unnecessary and the risks are exaggerated by the dental industry for profit

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nOlr TIL Chadwick (the discoverer of the neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discoverer of the proton) who was the student of Thomson (the discoverer of the electron).
AN5Ko TIL pineapple’s mouth-tingle is a defense trick: tiny needle-like crystals (raphides) jab your tissue while the enzyme bromelain breaks down proteins. Studies suggest this one-two punch evolved to ward off herbivores.
1aBO7 TIL That Bill Murray's character Phil Connors in Groundhog Day was stuck for at least 30 or 40 years
nW6RB TIL that Lionsgate wanted Leonardo DiCaprio to play Patrick Bateman in American Psycho
7bNZ TIL that an American tourist believed that he was taking part in a completely legal goat-burning tradition when he burned down a giant version of a traditional Swedish Yule Goat figure made of straw. He spent 18 days in jail and was fined 100,000 SEK (11, 785 USD)