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TIL that over 1700 words we use today were invented by Shakespeare, including words like “gossip”, “elbow” and “addiction”.

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0deXM TIL about the “Bionic Chef”, Eduardo Garcia, who was electrocuted by a 2,400V electrified baby black bear while alone in the Montana wilderness, costing him his hand due to the resulting burns and infection
Oobbg TIL donating a pint of blood is equivalent to donating a chocolate bar calorie-wise, mainly from the regeneration of 2 TRILLION red blood cells in bone marrow at a rate of 2 million/sec.
GAWaj TIL for cars built since 1980, "warming them up" on cold days by idling them is unnecessary and shortens the engine's life
DKOJ TIL the award winning “Aussie Shampoo”, who’s brand logo is a kangaroo, is sold in Europe, Britain and the USA but not Australia. The company is based out of Ohio.
Wwa8 TIL: “Government once even claimed that Hooters discriminates against men because it hires big-breasted female waiters. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission only dropped its complaint after Hooters ran a commercial showing a hairy male server wearing Hooters’ skimpy uniform.”