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TIL nearly a quarter of your bones are in your feet.

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negMo TIL That the adjective "excruciating" comes from crucifixion; "out of crucifying."
89l4 TIL Vince Gilligan offered a terminally ill teenager, Kevin Cordasco, the opportunity to read the final Breaking Bad scripts, in case the cancer were to take his life before the series finale aired.
MxWA TIL that two Japanese Army officers during WWII had a contest to see who could kill 100 people with their sword, but later had to increase it to 150 because they lost count the first time
j6GkM TIL that rent in Kowloon Walled City is the same price as a short cappuccino in Starbucks in Hong Kong nowadays (35 HKD).
rRLg4 TIL about Alternative 3 - fake British documentary about plans to make the Moon & Mars habitable in the event of an environmental catastrophe on Earth. Its broadcast date of June 20 1977, delayed from April 1, meant it was taken seriously by some, making its way in to conspiracy theory subculture.