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TIL that our palms and soles of feet cannot tan like the rest of our bodies regardless of how much sun they are exposed to. This due to a thick layer of dead skin that prevents UV rays from being exposed to the living cells

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x47D TIL J.R.R. Tolkien considered Samwise Gamgee to be the “true hero” of the Lord of the Rings
wPQM TIL: An obscenity charge in a conservative county was dropped when the attorney showed the Pay-per-View habits of its residents.
7ropM TIL Bones found at Seymour Island indicate that, 37 to 40 million years ago, penguins stood at a formidable 6 feet tall and weighed 250 pounds.
R768 TIL that in the “Plato’s Stepchildren” episode of Star Trek William Shatner and Nichelle Nichols deliberately flubbed every take of a scene where they did NOT kiss, thus forcing the episode to go out with the kiss intact.
l77La TIL nearly 4 million chickens, 726,000 pigs, and 29,000 cattle die in transport every year – just in the U.S.