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TIL Weinstein has been thanked more than God at the Oscars

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D1LRJ TIL there is 3G cell service and internet capability at the peak of Mt. Everest, while only 9% of the Nepalese population has access to the internet
QomE TIL the “Harlem Hellfighters” were the first African-American regiment to serve with the American Expenditionary Forces during WW1. They never lost a trench, a man through capture, or a foot of ground to the enemy.
A1ba TIL Scientists have farted onto Petri dishes to see if farting can contaminate an operating theater.
wogD8 TIL that the world's oldest known prosthetic device is a 3,000-year-old wooden toe found on an Egyptian mummy. The "Cairo Toe" shows signs of wear, indicating it was actually used by its owner during their lifetime, not just attached for burial purposes
aw079 TIL that in a sexual survey U.S. women reported using a nationwide total of 1.1 Billion condoms a year. Men reported using 1.6 Billion condoms a year. The actual amount of condoms sold by manufacturers was 600 million.