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TIL that phrases such as “studies show” or “experts say” are called weasel words

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1agO4 TIL of Alison Botha, a South African woman who survived 46 stabs to her throat and abdomen by using one hand to hold up her partially severed head and the other to carry her disemboweled intestines in a t-shirt until she reached help.
78lDL TIL, That there is a book at Harvard bound in human skin, called 'Des destinées de l'âme' (Destinies of the Soul)
b90jZ TIL that some restaurants and businesses don't donate food for fear of being sued over someone getting sick, is completely unfounded and no one has ever been sued in the U.S for food donations
VBMPZ TIL about Jane Kendeigh. She was a US Navy Flight Nurse, a specialist trained in aeromedical evacuation, survival, and evacuating patients from downed aircraft. She was the first nurse to land in both Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
jNyPE TIL Cyndi Laupers hit song "all through the night" was first recorded and written by Jules Shear. Unlike many covers that do not include the original artist, Jules sings throughout Cyndi's recording as backing vocalist.