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TIL that muscles, which we eat, start out as parasites

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X0o8R TIL Why paper cuts are so painful is b/c at a microscopic level, paper is actually quite rough. A knife makes a straight cut, but paper acts like a saw blade and does more damage to cells and nerve endings. Paper also leaves behind tiny fibres and chemical residues, irritating the wound even more.
OGYGa TIL; In August 1976, US and South Korean men were trimming a poplar tree obscuring a view between a checkpoint & observation post - A group of North Koreans appeared demanding they stop cutting branches. Capt Bonifas ignored them & then they attacked using clubs & axes taken from the gardening group
PYRbe TIL that, to prevent the spread of methane, the Darva gas crater was intentionally set ablaze for three weeks. In 1971. It's been burning for 50 years.
Qko6 TIL The Commanding Officer of the Newly-Commissioned USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is Captain James Kirk
MP7B TIL Over 20,000 Americans service members deserted during World War 2. Pvt Eddie Slovik was executed to serve an example to others, the only service member executed for desertion since the Civil War to this day.