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TIL Yogi Berra found out what a bidet was in 1954 when visiting the italian hometown of his parents and had a handfull of them sent to his american home.

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GYKN5 TIL there are no muscles inside your fingers. The muscles which bend the finger joints are located in the palm and up in the mid-forearm. They pull the fingers like the strings of a marionette.
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QJnBE TIL of Anya Pogharian, a Canadian who at age 17 invented a portable dialysis machine costing $500 to build; (dialysis machines typically cost about $30K). Her machine filters 4 liters of blood in 25 minutes.