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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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aw8aA TIL that founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard, commanded a submarine during WWII. His performance was "substandard," and he almost started a war with Mexico by ordering his crew to fire on the Coronado Islands.
ojBE TIL in WWII, a dog named Gander fended off two Japanese ambushes. When they came back again, with a grenade this time, Gander picked it up and charged back at them, killing more Japanese, saving his wounded team, going out in a blaze of glory and earning a posthumous medal.
9dQX TIL: We have Motion-induced blindness (just stare at the dot in the middle for 10 sec)
R7xv9 TIL the tongue and hyoid bone of this pileated woodpecker wrap around its skull to help cushion the brain while it's pecking for food. The bird's inner-skull contains compressible sponge-like bone, mostly concentrated in the forehead and the back of the skull, which functions as a shock absorber.
xMQ5 TIL Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos still drives his 1996 Honda Accord. That model today costs around $4000.