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TIL that fingernails grow 3 times faster than toenails

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mx08P TIL that surgeons used to try to speed run their operations - in one instance resulting in a 300% mortality rate for a leg amputation (done in under 2:30)
nkL9 TIL there is a disease that strikes starfish “that causes the creatures’ arms to crawl in opposite directions until they tear away from the body, causing the insides to spill out.”
doYE TIL Genghis Khan’s may have killed as many people with swords and arrows as WWII did with tanks, guns, and the nuclear bomb
kZee TIL in 2005 the Powerball drawing produced 110 2nd-prize winners. The Multi-State Lottery Association thought it was fraud. It turned out the winners simply played the lucky numbers from their Wonton Food fortune cookies. The fortune read “All the preparation you’ve done will finally be paying off.”
M7QNb TIL that "Los Gatos," California ("The Cats") is named for the large numbers of mountain lions and bobcats in the area. There are still large numbers of lions in the area today.