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TIL The tongue map showing different taste zones is a myth
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XGM6
TIL more than 900 American troops were alive at the end of the Korean War but were never released by the North Koreans. In 1996, as many as 15 of them might have still been alive.
neGMd
TIL Famed Chess player Bobby Fischer is such an anti-semite that he once journaled "it’s ... time for vigilante killings of Jews – random killings of Jews." He even drafted a letter to Osama Bin Laden sharing his hatred and is a vehement holocaust denier.
ZZXQ
TIL Daniel Radcliffe deliberately wore the same outfit for 6 months to piss off the paprazzi. Making it look like “the same old shot”
va1L
TIL “kummerspeck” is a German word that means excess weight gained through emotional overeating and literally translates to “grief bacon”.
VBJK0
TIL that Fatboy Slim’s 1998 hit “The Rockafeller Skank” samples at least nine other songs. 100% of the song’s royalties are split evenly between four of the sampled artists.