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TIL there are no muscles in human fingers.

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VBAbk TIL that when Black South African soldiers returned home after serving in WW2 they were offered bikes and shoes for their service. Whereas White South African soldiers had brand new homes built for them by the government.
91em TIL Some fleas in a Flea Circus were glued to a base of a circus enclosure. Miniature musical instruments were then glued to the flea performers and the enclosure was heated. The fleas fought to escape, giving the impression of fleas playing instruments.
5Yakk TIL of Lt. Baldomero Lopez, Korean War Medal of Honor winner.
ADenl TIL of the Saint Gallen Group, a group of liberal-minded bishops and cardinals that held yearly secret meetings from 1996 to 2004 to discuss church policy, and were rumored to try to block Benedict XVI from being elected as pope.
OGG5R TIL about The Confess Project, a non-profit which trains barbers to be mental health advocates for black men. Normalizing discussions of mental health within a community heavy on MH stigma.