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TIL some Hiroshima survivors grew “black fingernails,” which were strange rod-shaped fingernails that contained active blood vessels and bled profusely when they broke off.

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kOZbd TIL that in some Arabic-speaking countries, the missionary position is called "the manner of serpents."
4XyB6 TIL that Alexander Godunov, who played Karl, the violent German in Die Hard (1988), his first major break into Hollywood was playing a gentle Amish farmer in Witness (1985). In 1979, he had defecting from the USSR and was a world class ballet dancer. Sadly, he died aged 45, in 1995
Yp0X7 TIL of the PETS act, a bipartisan bill introduced after Hurricane Katrina, giving FEMA the authority to provide rescue to household pets and service animals in major disasters. The bill aimed to save those who would have otherwise remained and perished with their companions.
v1Vvr TIL European matchlock guns were introduced in Japan in 1543 and the Japanese, rapidly recognizing their use, produced them in such amounts that by the end of the 16th century, it is believed they had produced more matchlock firearms than all of Europe put together
oB85L TIL that, like birds, some people can subconsciously tell which way is north