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TIL showers were invented as a deliberately unpleasant treatment to cure the insane

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loyJB TIL teeth are not bones but are evolved fish scales
Lk1r TIL the average human being normally does not swallow any spiders in their lifetime, contrary to popular belief of eight spiders per year.
N7WDM TIL When most people think of Civil War surgery they envision a poor soldier being forcibly held down while his arm or leg is amputated without the benefit of anesthesia. This Hollywood concept of Civil War surgery is far from accurate.
EML0 TIL that “God Bless the U.S.A. (Proud to be an American)” singer, Lee Greenwood once refused to play and walked out on a concert honoring Veterans, and other servicemen, because the final $2000 agreed upon in his contract wasn’t paid by cashiers check.
egK5 TIL that Pink Floyd’s album “The Wall” is cyclical, with the phrase “Isn’t this where…“ ”…we came in?” split in half between the first and last song. When the two songs are spliced together, the complete phrase “Isn’t this where we came in?” forms, proposing that Pink’s story repeats itself