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TIL there is a woman who takes photographs of roadkill to make are.

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NlKQ TIL the man who received the world’s first penis transplant conceived a child 6 months after the surgery.
695E7 TIL at one point the sport of Jai Alai was a gambling alternative to horse and greyhound racing in the US and grew a following in Florida. Today only one fronton, the arena in which it's played, remains in the state.
8N4K TIL in 1669 King Louis XIV banned pointed, sharp knives in an attempt to reduce violence, and that’s why table knifes are dull and rounded today.
78kox TIL: In 1994, an American teenager Michael Fay was convicted of spray-painting a bunch of cars in Singapore and was caned as punishment. It became such a large issue that the White House attempted to prevent it. A year later, the Simpsons released "Bart vs. Australia", which based on the event.
DQwJJ TIL only 8 people have been killed by bears in Yellowstone national park, out of 118 million visitors. Other deaths include drowning (125 incidents) and burns (after falling into hot springs, 23 incidents)