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TIL of the "sixth toenail", which is a miniscule accessory nail situated on the pinky toe's outer corner.

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p8BOG TIL that Unsolved Mysteries' host Robert Stack was often skeptical of the paranormal stories that the show covered. While recording narration for the show's segments, he would occasionally turn to his producer and exclaim "come on, Raymond!"
XE4wD TIL Paleontologist Dale Guthrie once happened upon a well preserved 36,000 year old bison frozen in ice. He and his team thawed it out and proceeded to eat it.
PQ6O TIL execution by elephant was commonly used in South and Southeast Asia for centuries because, unlike the horse, the elephant has no qualms about killing humans, and can be trained in detail: told to make the death quick and merciful (crush the head) or prolonged and painful (tear limb from limb)
xJ7 TIL Hans-Ulrich Rudel, a Stuka pilot, flew 2,530 combat missions claiming a total of 2,000 targets destroyed; including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, a destroyer, two cruisers, one Soviet battleship, 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, several bridges and nine aircraft.
JD44 TIL that most Hungarians must bribe their medical staff in order to get better treatment