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TIL teeth are not bones but are evolved fish scales

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n8WW TIL that there’s a hamburger joint in Tokyo called Whoopi Goldburger.
RmKQ TIL Nick Ut, the photojournalist who took the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Napalm girl” photo during the Vietnam War, put down his camera after taking the shot, rushed the girl to a hospital and forced them to treat her. The girl survived and the two have remained in touch ever since
y1Vw TIL the 1972 film Deliverance caused tourism in Rabun County, Georgia to increase from the hundreds to the tens of thousands making it the number one source of revenue in the county. Rafting along the Chattooga River alone earns the county $20 million dollars a year
rjm0 TIL the word “Adrenalin” - which would become genericized as “adrenaline” - is actually a trademarked name for the hormone “epinephrine.”
0loA TIL the Titanic’s coal stores had been burning for weeks before she set sail, damaging the starboard side of the ship where the iceberg hit. There was not only a cover-up, but evidence that the fire damaged the hull enough to be a large contributing factor to why the iceberg caused such damage.