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TIL that in Hawaiian Shinto shrines, George Washington is worshiped as a kami.

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rNawe TIL of diver Chris Lemons who became trapped around 100 metres (330 ft) under the sea without heat or light, and with only the small amount of breathing gas in his backup tank.
BgMWe TIL that normal blood pressure used to be considered 100 plus your current age.
509B TIL that Android was originally conceived as a camera operating system.
9yZ7 TIL that de-scented Skunks make great pets, similar to ferrets. They’re extremely docile and can even learn tricks and be called by name.
epkA5 TIL in 1811, Frances Burney wrote a first-hand account of her mastectomy performed without anesthesia. “When the dreadful steel was plunged into my breast…cutting through veins, arteries, flesh, nerves…I needed no injunctions not to restrain my cries.”