→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 →How "Dick" came to be short for 'Richard': https://youtu.be/BH1NAwwKtcg?list=PLR0XuDegDqP2Acy6g9Ta7hzC0Rr3RDS6q Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut What Causes Strokes https://youtu.be/-RnZtHzt19s?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF How Does a Heart Attack Work https://youtu.be/6iJzIt0iM0o?list=PLR0XuDegDqP01NqW8KRpOy-_y2m6S2VEF In this video: Although most people experience these little white balls at the back of the throat that often get coughed up into the mouth, this widespread affliction is rarely talked about and the awareness about it very low. Many suffer in silence believing that they’re alone or the occurrence is nothing more than dregs of last night’s dinner. Another reason people don’t dispense with their problem of tonsil stones is because they are embarrassingly nasty and foul smelling! Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/what-those-nasty-white-chunks-that-come-from-your-throat-are/ Sources: http://www.tonsilstones.com/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonsillolith http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/01/health/01tons.html http://www.webmd.com/oral-health/tonsil-stones-tonsilloliths-treatment-and-prevention