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TIL a leech can survive on one feeding every five years if it is kept refrigerated.

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JYKr1 TIL that Canada's nuclear escape bunker was built with a track around the interior vault and pullup bars so the soldiers assigned to it could stay fit during a nuclear apocalypse. The interior was painted in soft colors to try and minimize stress.
8ORK TIL Michael Anderson Godwin was charged with murder and sentenced to execution by electric chair. After his lawyer had his sentence reduced to just life in prison, Godwin died by accidentally electrocuting himself while sitting on the steel toilet in his cell.
pYBoN TIL your belly button depth isn’t determined by the cut at birth, but just randomly how your stump heals.
4XW8X TIL that there is another version of Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut. Richard Donner was the original director before he was replaced with Richard Lester. Only 25% of his filming made it into the original film. Apparently you can buy it on DVD.
JYL44 TIL German alchemist Hennig Brand discovered phosphorus when he tried to make gold from urine