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TIL that bone china is made from bone ash, feldspathic material and kaolin, and it originated in the UK, not in China.

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mxJoE TIL that several years ago a man wrestled a 7 foot bullshark after it bit off his nephew's arm. The shark was then dragged on to the shore where it was shot and the boy's uncle managed to retrieve his arm where it was later then successfully attached back on to the boy who had recovered.
M71NB TIL Sherri Papini staged her own kidnapping on November 2, 2016
1lb7 TIL Edward Jenner, the father of the smallpox vaccine, proved that swifts don’t hibernate in lakes by holding one underwater for two minutes. It drowned.
4VG5 TIL Most terrorists use the same wrist watch.
awQGA TIL: The US has been quietly converting to the metric system and has already gotten pretty far