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TIL William Shatner sold his own kidney stone for $25,000 and donated the money to Habitat For Humanity.

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jNKWa TIL that the normal intelligible outdoor range of the male human voice in still air is 180 m (590 ft 6.6 in). The silbo, the whistled language of the Spanish-speaking inhabitants of the Canary Island of La Gomera, is intelligible under ideal conditions at 8 km (5 miles).
oeML TIL a “dash” is 1/8 of a teaspoon, a “pinch” is 1/16 of a teaspoon, and a “smidgen” is 1/32 of a teaspoon.
xQao TIL Jeremiah Haralson, the first African American of the Alabama House of Representatives and later a member of Congress, is believed to be the only member of Congress to have been killed and eaten by wild animals
E1Xdx TIL the United States Space Command asked Bill Nye to create a video to educate their personnel on the facts about EMPs as opposed to how they're depicted in pop culture. The video is not available to the general public.
KeGG TIL that 40% of Australian women wear a bra with a cup size DD or larger.