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TIL the clavicle (aka the collar bone) is the most commonly fractured bone.

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a879b TIL the balloons in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade were introduced in 1928 to replace live zoo animals.
XGLR TIL that Free Speech Does NOT Protect Cyberharassment… Online perpetrators can be criminally prosecuted for criminal threats, cyberstalking, cyberharassment, sexual invasions of privacy and bias intimidation. They can be sued for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
8e6yK TIL that the Venus Flytrap is native only to a 90-mile inland area around Wilmington, NC, so they've issued a license plate to help raise money for its preservation.
rRO5y TIL of Percy Terry, an American amateur researcher who tried to invent a bulletproof ointment in 1915. He tested his invention on himself by shooting his own face, resulting in a punctured cheek and a second try by shooting his own head with a gun which resulted in his death
gMgjL TIL kraft paper is not "craft paper" and gets its name from the kraft process used to make it, unrelated to its use for arts and crafts