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TIL that the world record for most broken bones in a lifetime is held by Evel Knievel at 433 broken bones.

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4law TIL that 12,000 bears are farmed for their bile in Asia which is used in traditional Chinese medicine and generates $2bn per year. Farming always involves surgery on the bears to insert a catheter or to cut a hole through the abdomen by which the bile leaks. Bear bile has no medicinal effect.
5vkQ TIL that Sigmund Freud believed cocaine was a cure for many mental and physical problems.
mjLp TIL that after receiving 13 liters of blood at age 13, a man named James Harrison pledged to donate blood once he turned 18. It was discovered that his blood contained a rare antigen which cured Rhesus disease. He has donated blood a record 1,000 times and saved 2,000,000 lives.
6EGGY TIL: During the Vietnam War, the US decided to draft 350,000 people who had failed military entrance tests. “McNamera’s Morons” died at 3x the rate of other GIs.
dDJ0Z TIL the Buff-tip moth resembles a broken twig when it isn’t flying