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TIL Cellulite is characterized by dimpled contour alterations of the skin and is present in approximately 85% to 90% of postpubertal females.

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Lkajm TIL about a species of mushrooms in Japan called Shiinotomoshibitake that grows on the trunks of decaying trees on Mt. Yokogura. The mushrooms are unique because they glow green during the period between late May and early July. Scientists are yet to determine why this is.
8BGV TIL that in The Godfather, Sonny Corleone cheats on his wife because she cannot handle his abnormally large penis. nsfw
1aNZd TIL the way Americans speak pre-dates the way English speak. This is because "rhotic speech" spoken in America originally came from England, later the wealthy in order to be different adopted a soft "r", “win-tuh” instead of “win-terr”. It was "posh" to sound like that so everyone else copied them.
m1a4R TIL Glen Hansard dated a singer named Markéta Irglová who he “discovered” and managed since she was 15 and he was 33. Started dating at 18 and 36. He later said “"I had been falling in love with her for a long time, but I kept telling myself she's just a kid"
QNJLM TIL The infamous sound German JU-87 dive bombers made while in a dive is due to a siren installed on the plane, and not just the sound of the plane diving on a bomb run.