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TIL 40% of Americans never move from their hometown.

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d8Rg8 TIL babies were not anesthetized during surgery until the early eighties
W7ro9 TIL Kerosene fueled cook stoves cooked food using technology based on kerosene lamps. Over 3 million US homes had such stove in 1922
noZo TIL Penn Jillette had skin growing inside his skull. He and Teller decide to shoot a magic trick during the surgery. Since Penn’s a teetotaler, he couldn’t get the full anesthetic and remain conscious for the trick. As a result his pain made the footage so disturbing it was unusable.
ANVLw TIL that, before the Pretenders, Chrissy Hynde fronted a very short-lived band called (Mike Hunt’s) Dishonorable Discharge that featured Mick Jones and Sid Vicious.
5YeYk TIL an Applebee's Waitress in Colorado had her ID stolen on her night off. 2 weeks later while working, a woman orders a drink, and hands the waitress the waitresses stolen ID.