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TIL that sea drops by about 328 ft (100m) near Sri Lanka because gravity is anomalously weaker there

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E1Qgp TIL in 1981 the Iraqi government ordered 25,000 special edition Chevy Malibus from GM Canada. When the order was cancelled half way through, the 12,500 remaining cars with their 3 on the floor manuals were sold in Canada for $6,800.
50R9 TIL that during Roman times, Egyptian mummies were sometimes accompanied with a realist portrait of the dead painted on wooden boards. About 900 of these portraits are known to exist.
OGAV7 TIL that nose size appears to be a significant predictor of penile size. The volume, length and height of the noses were confirmed to be related to the penile size (according to a 2023 South Korean study of 1160 men) A 2021Japanese study, conducted on 126 corpses, had similar outcomes
gM6mA TIL A few months ago a team of doctors at San Raffaele Hospital in Milan, successfully treated spina bifida in an unborn baby. This was the first case in Europe.
NXmab TIL that despite originating Eliza Doolittle on Broadway, Julie Andrews was passed over for the film version of My Fair Lady in favor of Audrey Hepburn because producer Jack L. Warner wanted “a name.” The next year, Andrews starred in The Sound of Music.