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TIL that in some cases, a severed fingertip can regrow close to the original.

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pYGp TIL that in Denmark, there is an old law which has never been revoked stating: “If the sea between Denmark and Sweeden freezes, you are allowed to hit the Swedes with a stick”
x6b45 TIL South Korean Government funded an online troll group to spread Pro-South Korean viewpoints on the internet
5J1n TIL a priest imprisoned in Auschwitz for aiding Jews volunteered to die in a stranger’s place. He lived for 2 weeks without food or water before being given a lethal injection.
MNJW TIL “basket case” is used to describe helplessness rather than insanity, and originally described the most badly maimed WWI soldiers who had to be transported in baskets
Rlvl TIL George Clooney has helped fund a satellite that documents and records war atrocities in Africa that would otherwise be ignored.