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TIL "The Star-Spangled Banner" actually has four verses, although the second through fourth verses are not commonly performed.

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PvKZ TIL that antler growth tissue if surgically removed and grafted to another part of the deer’s body, an antler will grow there.
loOma TIL that in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U S, was fired for saying masturbation is "part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught."
9YEEp TIL due to a case of real world bullying for a Runescape in-game item, the Dutch legal system has since then considered non-physical theft as being a regular form of "theft" and is judged as such by the law
9wZw7 TIL of Gabe Sonnier, a man who started off as a janitor in a Louisiana elementary school until one day in 1985, when he was inspired by the then-principal to take up teaching. Gabe was 39 years old when he started studying for a teaching degree. He’s now the principal of that elementary school.
bEA4 TIL Women prefer the scent of a man that has a different genetic code for their immune system in their DNA: Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Women who take birth control pills prefer the opposite.