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TIL There is only one pig in Afghanistan

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x604D TIL that MGM execs referred to Judy Garland as an “ugly duckling” and "little hunchback," made her wear caps on her teeth and rubber disks in her nose, often fed her a diet of chicken soup and coffee to ensure she didn’t gain weight, and allegedly gave her amphetamines and barbiturates as a child.
XEdE TIL that 10 years ago an eight-year-old boy had his arm bitten off by a shark. His uncle got mad and grabbed the 7-foot-long shark and dragged it to shore. The shark was killed, the arm removed from it’s stomach, and reattached to the boy, who made a full recovery.
gMWnA TIL: Rebel Wilson pursued an acting career after she contracted malaria and hallucinated that she was a famous actress winning an Oscar.
rRjre TIL: The reason we have knee caps and not elbow caps is because knees are under a lot of stress from walking upright, and the kneecap is there to help maintain the knee’s movement and ability to flex in the correct manner
1jE4 TIL of the Coolidge Effect: where the window after intercourse when a male can’t have sex again is removed if the male is given the chance to have sex with a new partner.