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TIL height surgery is a thing— (mostly) men are enduring months of pain, bone-breaking procedures, and intense rehab just to get a few inches taller.

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PxnJ TIL that scientists can read dreams using brain scans.
aY4y TIL that Russians use dash cams instead of car insurance to protect themselves from many types of fraud
RX9Q TIL that NASA does not have an official protocol for what to do with an astronaut’s body if one were to die in space.
5VBP9 TIL in 2000, a 4-year old boy was injured after riding Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin, a ride at Disneyland. The Occupational Health & Safety revealed that Disney failed to load the child into the ride. He never recovered and died in 2009.
rNRjW TIL that when "Jaws" was filmed, Steven Spielberg initially wanted to build a giant mechanical shark for realism, but its constant malfunctioning proved to be a budgeting nightmare, so he came up with the cheaper solution of shooting from the shark's POV in the waters instead.