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TIL - Your tonsils can grow back, multiple times during your life

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ANKgw TIL that Boston Corbett, the man who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth, had castrated himself with a pair of scissors years earlier
rnno TIL Metabolism slows down 90% after 30 minutes of sitting.
OGKmL TIL Barefoot Doctors in China were farmers, folk healers, or young grads who received minimal medical training and brought healthcare, hygiene, and family planning to rural villages where urban-trained doctors wouldn’t go. They greatly reduced infectious disease and infant mortality in rural China.
YXeW Today I learned that the great composer Karlheinz Stockhausen, claimed to be from the Sirius star system.
d9Od TIL raising your right hand to swear in court was a precursor to criminal records. The court would brand the hand of convicts who received leniency from the court, and therefore could not receive the privilege twice.