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TIL: Not all humans have the same number of muscles (pyramidalis is absent from 20% of us)

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AK4d TIL Disneyland employees planted an entire forest shaped like Mickey Mouse’s head
Gly5 TIL if North Korean Olympic gymnasts don’t win medals, they are sent into labor camps
rRmGe TIL a man was actually set on fire for the cover of Pink Floyd's "Wish You Were Here" album. An unexpected change in wind direction during the shoot caused stuntman Ronnie Rondell's mustache to catch on fire and burn off.
awQGA TIL: The US has been quietly converting to the metric system and has already gotten pretty far
vPVrB TIL the origin of the famous "Take my wife--please!" joke. Comedian Henny Youngman went with his wife to a radio show and asked a stagehand to "take my wife, please" (i.e. escort her to a seat). The stagehand thought it was a joke and laughed, so Henry made it part of his standup routine.