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TIL babies are born without proper knee caps. Instead they have cartilage on their knees that eventually hardens into bone. The lack of boney knee caps makes them more flexible during birth and while learning to crawl and walk.

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1Jx8 TIL there’s an amateur auto racing circuit in the U.S. called the 24 Hours of LeMons. Racers have a $500 budget to buy and prepare a used car for the events, and the grand prize winner receives a cash prize of $501.
5YZ4Q TIL that Sir Richard Whittington (Medieval Mayor of London, and inspiration for the Dick Whittington childrens stories) founded a charity upon his death in 1423. 600 years later, the charity is still operational, and continues to provide housing to the elderly and impoverished
woepY TIL that Ernest Hemingway in order to assure F. Scott Fitzgerald about his penis size, personally examined it in a bathroom and confirmed the genitalia to be of average proportions.
Lkxxd TIL that March 16 is a national holiday in Latvia celebrating Latvians who served in the Nazi Waffen-SS during World War II
gMdJW TIL gas lines are reverse threaded so that they cannot be linked to other lines such as water, air, and ventilation and this is also done to keep kids from easily disconnecting them.