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TIL Brad Pitt, while playing Achilles in Troy, injured his Achilles Tendon, delaying production for several weeks

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QJpve TIL about Guinea Worm Disease, an extremely painful parasitic infection characterized by spaghetti-like worms up to 1 meter in length slowly emerging from the human body through blisters on the skin.
XQpD TIL a 45 year-old Canadian spent 11 years walking around the world. He traveled over 75,000 km and burned through 54 pairs of shoes.
PnV TIL Truth serum is real and considered torture
GY964 TIL Not a Single Person Has Been Hurt Or Killed While Under The Witness Protection Program.
9YPWX TIL scientists at Brown University are developing a robot cat that may one day help cure loneliness among senior citizens. It doesn't need food, exercise, or a litter box, but it can purr on demand and remind them when it's time to take their meds