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rNGNo TIL 45% of people only have two bones in their pinky toe
lo6L5 TIL Jack, a baboon, was employed to change rail signals. After initial skepticism, the railway decided to officially employ the baboon once his job competency was verified. He was paid twenty cents a day, and 1/2 a bottle of beer each week. In his nine years of employment, Jack never made a mistake.
l79mK TIL Kamikaze Pilots were not involved with Pearl Harbor, only 1 Japanese pilot deliberately flew into a target after taking severe damage to their aircraft.
rRm5w TIL That Charlemagne's grandfather may have stopped a complete Muslim takeover of Europe in 732 A.D.
xVvY0 TIL ginger beer is brewed (fermented), but ginger ale is just carbonated water that's been flavored with ginger.