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TIL toeprints are as unique as fingerprints

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R7KD6 TIL that music icon Curtis Mayfield was quadriplegic for the last 9 years of his life after being struck by falling lighting equipment at a 1990 concert
BGDd TIL The Roman Colosseum had 28 lifts which hoisted animals 24 ft up, then cage lids and trap doors in the arena floor opened simultaneously, unleashing beasts to fight each other or men. A lift was remade last June, ridden by a wolf who received a biscuit when released into the Colosseum.
8amQZ TIL billiards can refer to any kind of tabletop game played with a cue stick and cue ball, while pool largely means a game with pockets
m18Rp TIL that smokers with hepatitis may lose their taste for smoking
GYwRG TIL when Philip Glass was composing Music in Twelve Parts, he only finished the first part as he intended for it to be played by 12 musicians; but when a friend took a listen and asked what the other 11 parts was gonna be like, Glass went on to compose the other parts as a challenge.