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TIL that the human body replaces its entire skeleton every 10 years.

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VJL8 TIL the Sochi Olympics are being held on the 150th anniversary of the Circassian Genocide, and the alpine events are being held directly on the graves of thousands of Circassians
vw5B TIL the US spent $20 million on a cat equipped to spy on the Soviets during the Cold War but it immediately got hit by a taxi
grLA8 TIL an intoxicated Alaska man shot a hole in the Alaska Pipeline with a high powered rifle, spilling 285,000 gallons of oil into the Alaska Wilderness.
W5O9 TIL The Hitler Youth passed out cyanide capsules to the audience at the March 28, 1945 performance of the Berlin Philharmonic.
yQeap TIL of Planned obsolescence, the practice of making a product obsolete thru various means, such as HP who designed certain inkjet printers and cartridges to shut down on an undisclosed expiration date which prevented consumers from using the ink that remained in the expired cartridge