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TIL: Resturants in the United States of America can let you choose how your burger is cooked (Coming from an Asian,never seen this in my life)

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W7yro TIL Hollywood actor Danny Trejo does not do his own stunts, he's said "I don't want to risk 80 people’s jobs just so I can say I have big nuts."
VMrAZ TIL Phlegm in medieval medicine actually referred to the fluid made by white blood cells and platelets, as each of the four humors were based on the different layers that would form when blood is separated
Oam1 TIL: Japanese folklore contains a creature known as Ashiarai Yashiki, a giant foot that crashes through the roof in the middle of the night, demanding the terrified homeowner wash it.
9YoYQ TIL Gulliver's Travels by Swift was largely changed by others in later editions from the original biting satire to remove a lot of the satirical tone and make it more passable for the general public's consumption. It was basically changed from political satire to a children's book.
EApV TIL in 1974 a 20 year old man kidnapped himself in an attempt to get $5000 from his parents. He was found a couple hours later in a camper van behind his house.