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TIL that waxing and shaving of the pubic hair is killing off the population of crab lice.

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nWxn9 TIL that Icelandic Air allows up to a 7 day layover in Iceland at no additional cost
loWJ7 TIL about 'Franks Sign'. A diagonal crease in an ear lobe, which has been hypothesised to be a predictor of cardiovascular and coronary artery disease in older populations.
69GN8 TIL the only Olympic Medalist to become disabled and then win a Paralympic Medal is Hungarian fencer Pál Szekeres. After winning a bronze in 1988, he lost the use of his legs in a traffic accident and won gold in wheelchair fencing in 1992.
JJO8 TIL a man with brain damage stuck in a coma-like state for 6 years was brought back to consciousness by doctors who implanted electrodes in his brain.
eprlD TIL that there was a robot hitchhiker that successfully hitchhiked across Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands. It then attempted to do so in the United States from Boston to San Francisco and was mercilessly beaten to death and decapitated in Philadelphia within two weeks of having started.