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TIL that astronauts often lose fingernails due to their glives during spacewalks. Some remove their fingernails before they leave.

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Jm1B TIL that guard llamas are real thing and they can tear an animal apart with their teeth and sharp nails. They are used to protect farm animals from coyotes and foxes. Most llamas also have innate dislike for canines and will chase and attack such intruders with “extreme prejudice”.
yD4a TIL Shirley Temple’s daughter Lori was the bassist in Grunge originator’s the Melvins.
eJdD TIL about Norman Borlaug who was an American agronomist and humanitarian, Borlaug was often called “the father of the Green Revolution” and is credited with saving over a billion people worldwide from starvation.
djKK TIL due to a pharmaceutical labeling error, a woman received severe chemical burns over 80% of her vagina during a routine medical procedure. By way of compensation, the pharmacy that made the error sent her an apology and a $50 gasoline gift card. The woman did not have a car.
eKM5 TIL Charles Darwin referred to blushing as “the most peculiar and most human of all expressions.”