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TIL there are ATMs in Dubai that dispense gold bars

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M7XbW TIL Doctors in Lithuania removed over 1 Kilo (2.2lbs) of metal objects, including screws and nails, from a man's stomach after he was admitted for abdominal pain. Some of the objects were up to 10cm (4in) long. The man claimed he started eating the metal after quitting alcohol a month prior.
dbbK TIL: Chillean Sea Bass is just a fancy name that was made up in 1977 to get Americans to eat the Patagonian Toothfish.
KOmW4 TIL before the WWII Battle of Okinawa, the Japanese military forced Okinawan boys as young as 14 to fight against the US invasion. They weren't expected to win so the boys were given suicide missions. The only weapon most were given were 2 grenades - one for the US solders the other for themselves.
njnY TIL the show “Biggest Loser” would dehydrate and mistreat their contestants to make them lose weight and keep the show interesting.
pdWA TIL in 1971, 80 percent of third-graders walked to school alone. By 1990, that measure had dropped to 9 percent, and now it’s even lower.