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TIL a man named Charles Jensen underwent 970 surgeries between 1954 and 1994 to remove facial tumors. This is the most number of surgeries ever performed on a single person

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6E4rW TIL in Japan, a home loses value from Day 1 — losing half its value in 10 years and becoming almost entirely worthless in 25. When a property is sold, the existing house is almost always razed and rebuilt. Even the most important shrines in Japan face regular rebuilding.
R5kKa TIL about lava crickets, crickets that make their home in cooled lava and drink seafoam to survive
4X8No TIL The two moons of Mars, Phobos and Deimos, were written about in the book ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ by author Jonathan Swift – 151 years before they were discovered
0w0jN TIL Avatar (2009) was intended to have a different OST, to reflect alien cultures, and instead was replaced with more generic music after director James Cameron thought it sounded "too alien".
4XMbo TIL A woman who threw her poo out of her Tinder date's toilet window because it "would not flush" had to be rescued by emergency services after she got stuck trying to retrieve it.