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TIL that an arm and a leg are worth $323,099 on average in the USA.

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yVNb8 TIL former UK Prime Minister John Major's dad was a vaudeville performer and garden gnome salesman, among a few other things
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ej5n TIL the Nazis had helicopters, and even launched them from battleships. BMW was going to mass produce a battlefield version, but the factory was destroyed in a bombing raid
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wAZo TIL Larry Izzo, a former linebacker for the New England Patriots, was once awarded a game ball by coach Bill Belichick for taking a shit on the sideline during an NFL game without anyone noticing