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TIL of a woman born with 3 fingers on her right hand. After a tragic accident, she lost her right hand and later developed a phantom limb...with 5 fingers, suggesting her brain "knew" what a hand was supposed to feel like.

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Kd1w TIL Cesar Millan’s well known pitbull, Daddy was previously owned by rapper Redman who gave the dog to Cesar after realizing he could not care for the dog due to his career taking off. Cesar used Daddy as his right-hand dog for rehabilitating troubled canines.
GY7EN TIL of the concealed shoe index. For hundreds of years, people hid a shoe in their houses during construction for good luck or to ward off evil spirits. The Northampton Museum in England created the concealed shoe index, and there are approximately 1,900 finds on the index today.
woXxY TIL The most powerful wind turbine generator worldwide today generates 14,7MW of electricity. It was developed for offshore wind farms
R7Vp4 Til After Nike released Air Jordan sneakers in 1985, the NBA banned Michael Jordan from wearing them because it's colours didn't match his team's uniform. Nike supposedly paid the fine of $5000 the NBA charged Jordan each game so he would continue wearing them.
x6lYD TIL the is a "white only" town in South Africa called Orania. Intended to be an ethnostate for Afrikaners and seeks independence from the rest of the country.