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TIL Charlie Sheen stayed awake for 48 hours straight to give himself the desired “wasted” look in preparation for his scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off.

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7rpeX TIL of Khassan Baiev who was the single surgeon for over 80.000 during the Chechen wars and at one point during the conflict he performed 67 amputations and eight brain operations in a 48-hour period. He was also known for treating both Chechen and Russian soldiers.
ADYw TIL there’s no hard evidence the Qu'ran existed before the last decade of the 7th century, 6 decades after Muhammad’s supposed death.
adWb TIL there are many cases of Canadians who find out they never had Canadian citizenship because they were born in a U.S. hospital.
8aMbV TIL The highest point from the Earth's center is not Mount Everest, but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, due to the Earth not being a perfect sphere
b9rEE TIL some flutes found in Germany are the oldest musical instruments known