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TIL that human teeth are the only part of the body that cannot repair themselves.

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R7NbQ TIL that the myth of the changeling - of faeries replacing a stolen human child with their own - could have been born as an explanation of autistic children. Many traits associated with faeries, such as obsessive counting, are also known in the autism spectrum.
om4Y TIL CIA and Contras were heavily involved in “Cocaine Trafficking” in the US
NXGJ TIL that after 9/11, actor Steve Buscemi rejoined the New York Fire Department to help firefighters sift through the rubble of the World Trade Center
VMdGQ TIL Polar bears often hunt walruses by simply charging at a group of them and eating the ones that were crushed or wounded in the mass panic to escape. Direct attacks are rare.
ZDJp TIL Ancient Irish kings were inaugurated in a symbolic wedding to the land, claimed to involve sex with a white mare followed by bathing in a broth made from the mare