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

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WBPA TIL Director Stanley Kubrick’s secretary often heard the sound of a book hitting the wall as he flung it into a reject pile when looking for a novel to adapt. When it had been a while since she had heard any sound, she walked in to check on her boss and found Kubrick deeply engrossed in The Shining.
rRXvy TIL that during WWII, the Germans and the British independently discovered that they could use thin aluminum strips dropped from planes to jam enemy radar, but both sides refused to use this for over a year for fear the other would figure out the technique
y8D8 TIL 19 states in America have laws in place to discourage building of local/community Internet services because big ISPs lobby against it.
p8JXe TIL that the Roman Empire, even when excluding colonial powers, is nowhere close to being the largest empire ever. It barely makes the top 20.
neaWB TIL that the final stage of the selection process for the British SAS is 36 hours of 'resistance to interrogation'. This process involves the use of multiple techniques that are against international law if used in a real interrogation.