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TIL that malignant teratomas can sometimes contain hair, teeth, bone, neurons, and even eyes.

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1aBad TIL that the American version of the music video for Soul Asylum's "Runaway Train" features 36 images of missing children. The music video helped resolve 26 of those cases.
Z8aYa TIL that there is an inverse relationship between how much a couple who is getting married spends on their engagement ring/wedding ceremony, and how long the marriage lasts, meaning that the more they spend, the less the marriage typically lasts.
N7XK6 TIL there used to be a Latin warning describing the Strait of Gibraltar: "NON PLUS ULTRA", or "Nothing further beyond". After Spain reaped huge rewards proving that this wasn't quite true, they made their national motto "PLUS ULTRA", or "Further beyond".
0dkaL TIL they'll let just anybody buy a Blackhawk helicopter
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