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TIL Jennifer Connelly had nearly half of her finger bitten off by a chimpanzee while filming "Phenomena." (1985) It was surgically reattached soon after.

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W71rd TIL that the 29 February leap day is also called Bachelor's Day, where women can propose marriage to men. It once had legal basis in Scotland, England, and also a strong tradition in Ireland.
ZjKB TIL Alfonso Ribeiro said the Carlton Banks character was as far away from who actually was as possible. He grew up with hip hop in the Bronx, and never heard of Tom Jones and had to have CDs and articles brought to him to learn what Calrton liked.
0dm0v TIL Pakistan has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, with almost one-third of the adult population affected
WjZN TIL that George Boole, the mathematician and philosopher renowned mostly for his logic, died when his wife, in an effort to cure his pneumonia, poured buckets of cold water all over him - believing that “remedies should resemble their cause”
vPlER TIL of Frances Perkins, first woman cabinet member, longest serving Secretary of Labor, and creator of Social Security