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TIL a man in Florida has received over 115,000 joints from the federal government since 1983 and continues to receive them for his rare bone cancer.

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xovb TIL the term ‘love’ in tennis originated from the French word l'oeuf, meaning egg. The zero looks like an egg, l'oeuf, which sounds very much like 'love’.
1aEr7 TIL a weird 'Boomerang' earthquake detected under the Atlantic Ocean. The temblor shot eastward across a deep gash in th seafloor, and then zipped back to where it started at incredible speeds. It moved so fast it created the geologic version of a sonic boom.
kAm1 TIL that broccoli is ‘man-made’ through the breeding of different cabbage crops.
v188K TIL a half male/half female Cardinal was spotted in Pennsylvania. Most gynandromorphs are infertile, but this one has a chance of reproducing as the left side is female; (as in most birds, only the left ovary is functional). He/she was always in the company of a male Cardinal.
d84pr TIL that Wisconsin has the same number of bars as California despite a population that’s 85% smaller. 1 bar for every 1,862 residents compared to California’s 1 for every 11,962 residents.