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TIL that 1 in every 18 people have a third nipple.

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Y7ZNW TIL that cotton candy was invented by a dentist
Y788Z TIL that the powerful engraving of Running Antelope, Chief of the Oncpapa (Hunkpapa) Lakota Sioux is featured on this large-sized $5 currency note from 1899. This is the first – and only – time a Native American image was used as the central motif on any U.S. paper currency.
NX7v1 TIL that when a British person is eating a flapjack, they are essentially eating heavily sweetened granola bars. In America, flapjacks is just another word for pancakes.