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TIL The lower edge of the liver normally comes just to the lower edge of the ribs on the right side and can be felt when you take a deep breath with fingertips below the edge of the ribs

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1aR4P TIL that in 1935 the Nazis held a competition in which baby pictures were sent in and the "most beautiful Aryan baby" was chosen by Joseph Goebbels. The baby they picked, and used in propaganda for years, was actually Jewish; the photo had been sent in to make the Nazi party look ridiculous.
Z8oya TIL that a woman named Sharran Alexander from United Kingdom, who weighed 448 lbs or 203.21 kg has a world record for the Heaviest Competing Sportswoman Living
Zpyma TIL Bill Murray doesn't have an agent and only fields offers via a voice mailbox that he rarely checks. Apparently this is how he missed out on films such as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Monsters Inc, The Squid and the Whale, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Little Miss Sunshine, he never checked
Z81bQ TIL that in 1948, the United Nations created the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which outlines basic rights and freedoms universal to all humans. It has since become foundational in international law and is the most translated document, with copies available in 524 languages
Y7nd7 TIL There is a such thing as a Pornocracy which is a government run by prostitutes or officials so corrupt they act like prostitutes.