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TIL that there exists a whole range of chemical structures designed to resemble little humans

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W7Xw9 TIL that the depression on the back of your hand when you stick your thumb out is called your anatomical snuffbox for its historical use in sniffing tobacco
Nb86 TIL that Paul Walker was in a jewelry store one day when he noticed a young U.S. military veteran with his fiance shopping for a wedding ring. Paul went to the manager and said “Put that girl’s ring on my tab.”
p8D7N TIL that New Zealand were the only undefeated team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, despite some squad members only playing semi-professionally, and one amateur who worked as a full-time banker at the time
OQZ1 TIL when President Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981 and was taken into surgery, he quipped with the doctors, “I hope you’re all Republicans.”
XEeKk TIL Grant Kirkhope, the composer of Donkey Kong 64, is still embarrassed by the DK Rap since he created it as a joke.