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TIL of Shelley Jackson’s Skin Project. Each single word of her 2095 word novella is tattooed on a separate volunteer.

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XEL4P TIL: When Jack Dempsey was 75 years old, 2 young muggers tried to rob him, Dempsey broke loose and KO'd both of them on sidewalk, Jack Dempsey was ferocious heavyweight champion who inspired Mike Tyson
L7Od TIL that Hafthor Bjornsson (The Mountain) used to be a 230 lb basketball center. Four years later, he was 396 lbs and took third in the World’s Strongest Man.
R7dD6 TIL of Le Viandier, a recipe collection credited to Guillaume Tirel, a master cook to Charles V, the oldest extant version of which is from the late 13th/early 14th century. It contains the first detailed description of an entremet, small dishes served between courses we'd refer to as dessert now.
jNeRX TIL: That off-centered Nazi flag you always see was actually used for German ships since the emblem was closer to the flag pole and easier to see while flapping in the wind. The centered version was for land
rNkd1 TIL after discovering Scarface's popularity among hip hop community, Universal proposed changing its synthesizer score to hip hop. De Palma swiftly declined.