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TIL on average your skin fully regenerates itself every 27 days. So just about every month you have entirely new skin.

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vPNX7 TIL that Eric Braedon, the actor who portrayed John Jacob Astor in the 1997 Titanic film, survived the MV Wilhelm Gustloff sinking
grjY8 TIL that many fire departments display “Keep Back 343 Feet” on the back of their fire trucks not only as a safety reminder, but specifically in remembrance of the 343 firefighters lost on 9/11.
JYRj4 Are we living in a giant computer simulation? Probably not. According to a new study by astrophysicists from Oxford University, the likelihood that we exist in a simulated universe becomes practically impossible under normal quantum circumstances.
xV9PD TIL In 1995 a man from australia committed suicide by shooting himself in the chest with a shotgun. He then shot himself in the head with a pistol. When both failed he used the shotgun and shot his throat and jaw. Finally he walked two hundred metres & shot himself in the heart
ROv6 TIL that in 1994, Disney purchased the film rights for a movie centered on the Hasbro toy Stretch Armstrong. Danny DeVito was offered and accepted the titular role, but only on the stipulation that there be no jokes regarding his height. The film was subsequently scrapped.