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TIL that in 2013, doctors kept a man's severed hand alive by grafting it to his ankle.

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j6JMj TIL In 2007, John Galvan and two others were serving a life sentence when he saw a MythBusters' episode "Hollywood on Trial." which debunks a cigarette igniting gasoline. In Chicago, 1986, John was forced to sign a false confession, saying that's how the fire started. They were exonerated in 2022.
7reAX TIL that in Finland meat sold in supermarkets has been labeled with the info on which farm the animals grew on.
16RLr TIL that when physicists say that light is affected by being observed, it actually just means that light is affected by being interacted with.
0OyL TIL an Australian news anchor wore the same suit every day for a year to illustrate the fashion double standard for men and women. No one noticed.
0A8v TIL that the Devil in “Tenacious D and The Pick of Destiny” was played by Dave Grohl.