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TIL of Unit 731, a covert biological warfare research and development unit of the Japanese Army that undertook lethal human experimentation. A few of the experiments included vivisection without anesthesia and pressure chambers to see how much a human could take before his eyes popped out.

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bRda TIL Jane Barbe was the woman who did “The number you have dialed…” recordings for the phone company. She got her start as a copywriter. Being a poor speller, she opted to read her first commercial out loud to her boss instead of submitting it in writing. He began paying her to make recordings.
PYpKV TIL Keanu Reeve’s first name Keanu is Hawaiian, Ke’Anu meaning “Cool breeze over the mountains, but almost went with Chuck Spadina as his stage name when starting out in Hollywood at his agents request
jYkR TIL: Elvis Presley was 24 years old when he started seeing 14 year old Priscilla.
lolAG TIL on the Faroe Islands, The male Y chromosomes of the population are of 87% Scandinavian descent, while the female X chromosomes are of 84% Scottish/Irish descent.
8b4X TIL that your pupils can expand by as much as 45% when looking at someone you love