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TIL that the opposite of having extra fingers/toes - called polydactyly - is called oligodactyly, from the Greek "oligos-"=few.

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Ob6g TIL that Dale Dye, a Vietnam vet, was so “pissed off” at Hollywood’s depiction of war that he offered his services as an advisor and now runs “the entertainment industry’s top military consultancy company”. He’s worked on Platoon, The Pacific and, for some reason, Entourage.
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