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TIL The worlds largest human birth was 23lb9oz. Born to "The World Tallest Couple" measuring 15'7"(475cm) in height between them.

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b6J5p TIL gunshot wounds to the genitalia account for up to 5% of all military traumas
YpPeA TIL that to get the perfectly high-pitched voices of the chipmunks in the Alvin and the Chipmunks series, the voice actors would speak very slowly into a tape recorder, which would then be sped up to normal talking speeds.
90Wr TIL A study showed that children whose parents placed the children’s pacifiers in their own mouths before giving it to the child were less likely to develop allergies like eczema and asthma later in life.
JY1n8 It’s never happened, and NASA feels confident that it never will. For one thing, astronauts generally don’t float free. Outside the ISS, they’re always attached to the spacecraft with a braided steel tether, which has a tensile strength of 1,100 pounds. If it’s a two-person spacewalk, oftentimes the astronauts are also hooked to each other.
oBrgW TIL during the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, Sacha Baron Cohen, who wore a jockstrap and wings as Bruno, crash-landed on Eminem's lap, buttocks aloft. Eminem, who left the ceremony in disgust, returned to his hotel room and laughed for 3 hours. He later revealed that it was mutually staged.