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TIL that if you wake up during surgery, chances are that you won't be able to tell the surgeon or move at all because paralytics are administered for many types of surgery

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R74a1 TIL that where your tongue sits at rest depends on your native language. If it’s English, your tongue rests at the roof of your mouth, behind your upper teeth. However, if your first language is Russian or German, your tongue rests at the bottom of your mouth, behind the lower teeth, when not in use
nYo9 TIL Mark Hamill voiced the pirate Captain Stickybeard in Codename: Kids Next Door, the ruler of the Fire Nation Fire Lord Ozai in Avatar: The Last Airbender, the evil Skeleton King in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, multiple roles in Metalocalypse and the groundskeeper Skips in Regular Show.
7rpKP TIL that mirror image twins are perfect reflections of each other, are exactly right- and left-handed, have birthmarks exactly on opposite sides of their body and have hair whorls that swirl in opposite directions.
Mrla TIL that the 2 ancient cities in China were drowned in 1959 by a man-made lake and were forgotten about until discovered in 2001 by a tourist diving company. The cities remain intact and in good condition.
eYv4 TIL: The cast of the critically acclaimed Das Boot were not allowed to see sunshine during the entire year the movie was filmed. This was done in order to maintain their unhealthy pallor and contributed to their realistic portrayal of a “journey into madness”.