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TIL Country Artist Trace Adkins, having accidentally cut it off himself, had doctors reattach his severed left pinkie finger at an angle that would permit him to continue using it for guitar playing.

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awpZN Today I learned that a certain portion of the population will consistently feel the urge to defecate shortly after walking into bookstores or libraries. Named after the otherwise-unheard-of woman whose confession to a Japanese book magazine made it famous, it's known as the Mariko Aoki phenomenon.
KYYER TIL because Pillsbury forced "The Great British Bake Off" to be called "The Great British Baking Show" in the US, a lot of creative editing had to be done to obscure the logo in the show, including using computer-assisted VFX to change the text on the trophy
ewl6 TIL that Elvis had an identical twin who died at birth.
Onme TIL Bats represent 20% of all mammals
p8Qxe TIL That Suzanne Vega's song, "Tom's Diner" was so clear, it was used to refine the MP3 compression algorithm.