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TIL the shape of chainsaw teeth are based on the mandibles of wood-boring beetle larvae.

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jN6Lv TIL "jayus" is the Indonesian word used when the joke said by someone is so bad one cannot help but laugh
e0X04 TIL that in 2014, a Nigerian motorcyclist discovered what is now known as the Ibadan Forest of Horror - a site where 20 decomposing human remains and hundreds of human skulls were uncovered, in what is believed to have been ritualistic killings. 20 people were found alive.
w0o8 TIL in 1993, during a Friar’s Club roast of Whoopi Goldberg, her then-boyfriend Ted Danson appeared in ‘black-face’ and began telling racially charged jokes. Whoopi came to his defense because she infact wrote much of the material and even referred him to the makeup artist.
NYQ1 TIL Sean Bean dies 32% of the time per film. Bean is tied with only Bela Lugosi for the most deaths per screen appearance.
gMmpA TIL of Dr. Ruth Pfau, a German doctor and nun, who served for more than five decades in Pakistan fighting leprosy.