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TIL New Yorkers bite 10 times more people than sharks do worldwide

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BrV0K TIL: A book created by nazi doctors by means of dissecting thousands of executed prisoners is still used today as one of the most detailed medical books for surgeons. It’s quoted as being one of the great moral enigmas
LkgWr TIL Dwayne Johnson was paid $5.5 million for his first leading role as Mathayus in "The Scorpion King". It's the highest salary of any first time leading actor ever.
E1ANp TIL that hog rectum and calamari have a taste and texture similar enough to be hard to tell apart
AZEB TIL the store is called “Safeway” because they did not offer credit as a way of purchase so that families couldn’t get into debt buying groceries. A common occurrence in Great Depression America.