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TIL that surgeons in 2013 discovered a new body part

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6vVY TIL that Mark Twain repaid his pre-bankruptcy creditors in full, though he had no legal obligation to do so. “I am not a business man; and honor is a harder master than the law. It cannot compromise for less than a hundred cents on the dollar, and its debts never outlaw.”
9YkZB TIL Polar bears actually have black skin and clear hollow fur. The clear and hollow fur enables the sun rays to get to the black skin that keeps the polar bears warm in the cold climate.
Z8XQ TIL that there is a theoretical Gravity Train, which would connect any two destinations on Earth with a 42 minute, gravity-powered train ride.
xBlb TIL: A mother sickened her son by feeding him massive amounts of salt (eventually killing him) because she liked the attention she got on Twitter, Facebook, and other social media for having a very ill child.
KOByB TIL that in 1876, Sigmund Freud dissected 400 eels looking for testicles. To this day, the eel's mating habits remain a scientific mystery.