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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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ANMoo TIL the phrase ""if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, then it's a duck" originated from a mechanical duck made in the 18th century that would appear to eat, digest and expel food.
oRrNY TIL Tom Cruise is not allowed to own a Bugatti due to his inability to open the car door while he was on the red carpet in 2006.
64pm TIL that when Charles Whitman began his shooting rampage at U Texas in 1966, a lot of locals grabbed their rifles and started shooting back. They kept him pinned down until the police could sneak up the tower and kill him.
KYoEG TIL every fraction of sevenths is the same sequence of recurring numbers but with the decimal point moved. 1/7=0.142857, 2/7=0.285714, 3/7=0.428571 etc.
MkA7 TIL China is said to suffer from the worst brain drain in the world: 7 out of 10 students who enroll overseas never move back to live in China.