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TIL Not every one has two pinkie toe joints. About 44% of people only have 1 joint on their pinkie toe.

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DrAe TIL that in 1994 a man was granted a retrial after it came to light the jurors used an oujia board to conclude his guilt.
5eNP TIL Alfonso Ribeira, Carlton from the Fresh Prince, suggested that Will Smith use his real name in the show to avoid being known by his character’s name. Years later, Will Smith is known as Will Smith and Alfonso Ribeira is known as Carlton.
P1YeV TIL George Preddy, #1 ranked P-51 Mustang ace of WW2 with 26.83 enemy air-to-air kills, was was shot down and killed by friendly fire on Christmas Day 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge
rNlB0 TIL about Hornussen, a Swiss golf-baseball game in which the player hits a high speed rubber projectile at a group of placard-carrying opponents.
7rJ9x TIL during filming of the chestburster scene in Alien, Ridley Scott wasn't getting the reaction he wanted from the cast, so he privately told the SFX team to spray them with an enormous amount of blood during the next take, which caused some of the cast to become physically ill. They used that take.