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TIL that the PH levels in the skin on your hands and your face is slightly more acidic than the rest of your body, which is a form of natural protection against harmful bacteria.

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grLp4 TIL that due to increased costs, for every child under two that would be saved by safety seats in airplanes, 60 people would die in car accidents
8e5pG TIL the guy who sang "Eye of the Tiger" was the same guy who sang the punchlines on the famous "Real Men of Genius" Bud Light commercials
LMBd TIL that not a single Witness Security Program participant who has correctly followed security guidelines has ever been harmed while in the federal witness-protection programme.
5Vv0k TIL WW2 Russian fighter pilot Boris Kovzan scored 4 aerial kills by ramming into German planes. His 4th ram occurred after being shot in the eye while trapped. The head on collision freed him and he fell 20,000ft before landing in a swamp.
9ylB TIL early “Toy Story” scripts were so bad that production was halted. Steve Jobs kept work going with personal funding until a better script was ready. When production green-lit for $17M, Jobs demanded more funds from Disney, who refused until Pixar’s co-founder was able to compromise a new budget