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vlg8 TIL in 2007 a 44-year-old man went to the doctor for minor leg discomfort and doctors found that his brain had reduced in size by 50%-75%
g5KA TIL that a guy once required a desk made of Lego in his employment contract and that his employer actually held up their end of the deal
KLLJ TIL Dave Foley owes 400% of his income in child support, and cannot return to Canada without facing imprisonment.
d8ng9 TIL that Pandora's Box is a mistranslation. In the original story of Pandora, the container was actually a large storage jar, meaning we should be saying "Pandora's Jar."
WOX9 TIL The SR-71 was made of titanium purchased from the Soviet Union through third world countries as they were the only supplier large enough. The SR-71 was used to spy on the Soviet Union for the rest of the cold war.