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TIL: An individual who who hadn’t washed in several years hosted two species of so-called extremophile bacteria, that typically thrive in ice caps and thermal vents, in his/her belly button.

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164r TIL that the underwear bomber had agreed to being sodomized by his Muslim brethren in the name of jihad so as to widen his anus just enough to be able to hold explosives inside.
oR4GL TIL of an elephant given by Louis IX of France as a gift to Henry III of England in 1255. While living in the Tower of London, the elephant was given a diet of prime cuts of beef and expensive red wine; it was claimed that the elephant died in 1257 from drinking too much wine.
ZmmB TIL that the ampersand (&) was once the last letter of the alphabet. In latin the & was called “per se”. When reciting the alphabet people would say, “X, Y, Z and per se”. That last bit (“and per se”) eventually ran together to create the word, “ampersand”
nWnXd TIL that cardiovascular diseases cause an estimated 17.9 million deaths per year, most often (4 out of 5) through heart attack and stroke. One third of these deaths occur prematurely, or under the age of 70.
yQVMV TIL that Slash [GnR] initially wanted to play the bass. Seeing a local music teacher play electric guitar was the reason that made him switch over to it.