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TIL Single Men Wash Their Sheets on Average Four Times per Year

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7rWjZ TIL that Robert Liston -A pioneering Scottish surgeon- known as "the fastest knife in the West End" Amputated A leg in two and a half minutes, but in his enthusiasm the patient's testicles as well.
ADOjl TIL that Russia and the US are only 2.4 mi (3.9 km) apart due to the positioning of the Diomede Islands in the Bering Strait. Diomede (US) and Big Diomede (Russia) are in view of each other, and in winter it’s technically possible to walk across the ice from US to Russia.
0Bo1 TIL a village in India planted over 80,000 mangrove trees to get a world record and the trees later protected the village from a flood.
o8ZA TIL less than half of all tickets for major sport & music events go on sale to the general public
R5ol4 Today i learned this can happen!!