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TIL that a finger with nerve damage won’t wrinkle under water.

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ZV5R TIL learned when the Soviets exhumed Tamerlane’s body in 1941, they found an inscription in his casket that said “Who ever opens my tomb, shall unleash an invader more terrible than I.” Hitler invaded the USSR two days later
nWXwP TIL when the Surveyor 3 lander crashed on the Moon, it bounced and went 35 feet off the ground, before bouncing again up to 11 feet off the ground.
pJLO [TIL] that a reservoir near LA was covered with black balls to keep the sun out.
J1QY8 TIL how alligators survive winters
0wR61 TIL of a Polish pilot who, after being shot down during the Battle of Britain, landed in a country club and proceeded to play and win a game a tennis before an RAF truck came to pick him up.