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TIL the Japan Times ran an article in 2010 predicting (seemingly accurately) the rise in popularity of thick thighs

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8eOa TIL there is a patron saint of the Internet
B8LW TIL if someone dies during a flight, their body is usually moved to an empty first class seat.
m1k9M TIL of John Thompson who had both his arms torn off in a farming accident as a teen in 1992. He went inside the house, phoned for help using a pencil in his mouth, then sat in the bathtub to prevent blood from getting on the new carpet. Both arms were reattached, but he can't fully use his hands.
XEArE TIL of Hussain al-Shahristani. An Iraqi who was forced into solitary confinement in prison for 8 years under Saddam Hussein. He kept his sanity by “making up mathematical problems, which he then tried to solve.” He later became Iraq’s minister of higher education and scientific research.
Jaj1 TIL In 2004 a man started a “project” to find his sister a boyfriend. He secretly spied on her with a variety of James Bond style gadgets and disguises for months, keeps diary of shenanigans, ends up getting caught. [Long read, hilarious]