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TIL paper cuts hurt so bad because paper does more microscopic damage to the skin, and there often isn’t blood to protect nerves afterwards.

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e0ddD TIL there are 7,000 tigers living in the US either in zoos or privately owned, which is nearly double the estimated 3,890 tigers in the wild around the world.
awN8N TIL Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan was born in England, grew up in the Home Counties and attended a private school
ZZDp TIL when his Mercury space capsule lost power, Astronaut Gordon Cooper used a only a wristwatch, his knowledge of star patterns, and math estimations to correct the pitch for Earth re-entry
nW5W9 TIL that golf is one of the only sports to have been played on the moon. In 1971, during the Apollo 14 mission, astronaut Alan Shepard hit two golf balls on the lunar surface using a makeshift six-iron.
QJD8X TIL that Panathenaic Stadium in Athens, Greece is the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble. Additionally, it had a greater capacity (50 000) in 144 AD than today (45 000)