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TIL that there is a shoe exchange for amputees so they don't get stuck paying for 2 shoes all the time

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5YdJP TIL polar bears' liver have a vitamin A content so high, its considered poisonous. When hunting them, the livers are buried or burned to prevent the hunter's dogs from eating them.
Z8114 TIL in 2003, the United States set out to create a national "Do Not Email" registry by 2004. This never happened.
69L0J TIL Catherine O’Hara (Moira from Shitt’s Creek) has reversed internal organs, a condition known as situs inversus
78DKx TIL about Limbic Capitalism, how businesses exploit the brain's limbic system for profit. The limbic system is the part of the brain that controls pleasure, motivation, and long-term memory.
4knO5 TIL our stomach produces about 3 to 4 liters of gastric juice per day