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TIL A man raised his arm for 38 years without EVER putting it down.

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LQdYP TIL a Costa Rican fisherman once nursed a crocodile back to health after it was shot in the head. The reptile, named 'Pocho', was released back into the wild but followed the man home and slept on his porch. For the next 20 years, Pocho became a part of the man's family.
LkJLv TIL despite the director of Downfall enjoying the Internet memes and parodies of his film, producers initiated a removal of parody videos in 2010. This prompted more posting of parody videos of Hitler complaining that the parodies were being taken down, and a resurgence of the videos online.
PYVOO TIL Hundreds of skeletons are scattered around a site high in the Himalayas, Roopkund lake, in India
XEo5k TIL that if one astronomical unit (roughly the average distance between the Earth and the Sun) were scaled to equal one inch, then one light-year would be almost exactly one mile (within a few feet).
v1Bj8 TIL that the staff of the 9/11 memorial place white roses on the names of any victims who would have been celebrating a birthday