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TIL if a child's fingertip gets severed off, a new fingertip may regrow.

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g5pW TIL that the male urethra produces a spiral stream of urine that has the effect of cleaning the external urethral meatus (Where the urine exits the body). The lack of an equivalent mechanism in the female urethra partly explains why urinary tract infections occur so much more frequently in females
xVA7B TIL Capital punishment has only been imposed twice in the history of the state of Israel, one was a mistake the other was Adolf Eichmann
eaWk TIL that English has different words for animals and their meats (i.e. cow/beef) due to the Norman conquest of England. The ruling Normans continued using French words to refer to the meat served to them by peasants – who continued using English words to refer to the animals they dealt with.
OorZ7 TIL that Kazakhstan was the entire Soviet Union for 4 days
XEZWj TIL of the Berners Street hoax: In 1809, Theodore Hook bet his friend that he could make a random house the most famous house in London within a week. He did so by ordering chimney sweeps, piano deliveries, and priests to the address. The ensuing chaos brought London to a standstill.