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TIL there is a Man in England who makes prosethetics for children in his home shed for free.

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G0Jg TIL nearly 100 million sharks were used to be killed each year in China, mostly for their fins. However in few couple of years, 85% of Chinese consumers gave up shark fin soup, largely as a result of campaigning by ex-NBA player Yao Ming.
wLO8o TIL that since their reintroduction in 1999 as an NFL franchise, the quarterback with the most wins in the Cleveland Browns home stadium is Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
vArL TIL that one of the most complex Chinese characters is made up of 43 strokes. And you need to write it twice for a particular type of noodles (biang biang mian)
gLL7 TIL Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union was dissolved. He went up a Soviet citizen and returned a Russian citizen.
6nYZ TIL that in two days we create the same amount of information that it took all of humanity to create from the dawn of civilization to 2003.