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TIL that people steal garden gnomes, take them traveling, and then return the gnome, with photos, back to the owner.

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8eRZ4 TIL people will implant magnets into their fingertips. Nerves grow around the magnet as the skin heals. The magnet pushes against magnetic fields produced by electronic devices in the surrounding area, giving a “sixth sense” of magnetic vision.
ZgaQ TIL traditionally Japanese ninjas did not always wear black, as this was more commonly depicted in kabuki theater, but instead would typically wear regular clothes that would allow them to easily blend in with commoners. They only wore black on certain occasions, usually when a mission was at night.
KQQE TIL Robert Downey Jr. only made 500k for Iron Man, but two years later made 10 million for Iron man 2.
WaEL TIL in an act of rare serendipity, the longest eclipse to occur in several hundred years coincided with the development of the supersonic Concorde. So naturally, astronomers chartered the plane to “[chase] the eclipse across the Earth at twice the speed of sound.”
grVZL TIL about Gatorade white slime mold. it is a common problem and can make one sick enough to need hospitalization