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TIL that Boris Karloff was born William Henry Pratt in south-east London and never legally changed his name; he only became a star aged 43 with Frankenstein in 1931, his 82nd film.

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oBWpE TIL Unicorns really did exist at one point dating back to around 29,000 years ago
8aeRL TIL human ears continue to grow throughout a person's lifetime
oRxNR TIL about a mysterious century old grove of pine trees in Poland called the Crooked Forest. It's made up of 400 trees that all bend sharply just above ground level, then curve back upright. It's generally believed that some form of human tool/technique was used, but their bending remains a mystery
gM8Vb TIL in 897 the Catholic Church exhumed a dead pope, dressed him in papal gear and put his corpse on trial.
aw84y Not really, but urine has been a faddish health drink for centuries nonetheless. Celts in the Iberian peninsula gargled it to whiten their teeth about 50 years before Christ; amaroli is a Sanskrit word that refers to urine therapy, which in ancient Ayurvedic practice meant imbibing urine in the morning, mid stream; Proverbs 5:15 is thought to be in support of the act ("Drink waters from thy own cistern, flowing water from thy own well"); and J.D. Salinger famously sipped his own, as did the former prime minister of India, Morarji Desai, who even appeared on 60 Minutes to defend his habit.Click here to launch a gallery about urine therapy.