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TIL: There was a German medical study on Shuriken (ninja stars) wounds. They used pig carcasses while researchers threw a cyclone shuriken, a plastic one, and a traditional one. All 3 were capable of inflicting fatal wounds. This study served to promote discussion on the German shuriken ban of 1980.

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ANjg TIL that King Abdullah II of Jordan is a direct descendent of the prophet Muhammad, also once made a cameo in Star Trek.
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