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TIL surgeons hold scissors with their thumb and ring fingers.

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8aJZ8 TIL that there are more stars in the sky than grains of sand on Earth
4yXw TIL in some asian countries, women get 2 days of “menstruation leave” per month.
QNdyX TIL for centuries, isolated communities in the Himalayas would artificially create glaciers by hauling small chunks of ice up into the mountains. These ice chunks would gradually build up during winters and slowly release water during dry spring months needed to sustain crops.
5Ve9P TIL that there are no words in the English language that rhyme with month, orange, silver, or purple
M8M0 TIL that children of identical twins, while legally cousins, are genetically half-siblings.