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TIL the president of Indiana University plagiarized extensively, and the administration is sweeping it under the rug.

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DQGeP TIL In Tug of War, there are at least two mechanisms of injury that can result in amputation
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BrY1y TIL about Nábrók, or "necropants." According to Icelandic witchcraft, these are pants made of human skin that produce an endless supply of money.
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4kLE6 TIL Even space debris that is much too small to detect and track can cause huge amounts of damage due to the high velocities that objects travel in space.