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TIL Four of the last 7 Illinois Govenors have been jailed

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m8kM TIL Muay Thai Kick boxers go through bone training by creating hairline fractures in their shins that eventually heal becoming harder than rock
b6VKE TIL Ecco the Dolphin developer Ed Annunziata was "paranoid" that kids would beat the game in a single weekend so be made certain levels "way over the top challenging." He said, "So... I... uh... made it hard".
OoL9L TIL that a longstanding custom in Denmark for people who are still unmarried by their 25th birthday is to have their friends and family tie them to a lamppost and douse them in cinnamon. If in 5 years they're still unmarried, this gets upgraded to pepper.
b6mX9 TIL Pregnancy and childbirth complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19 around the world
oRpoE TIL that Glenn Hughes, an American singer who was the original "Leatherman" character in the disco group Village People, was interred wearing his leatherman outfit at Saint Charles Cemetery in Farmingdale, New York.