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TIL Muay Thai Kick boxers go through bone training by creating hairline fractures in their shins that eventually heal becoming harder than rock

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d9Rr TIL the Kaaba was built in 2130 BC and was a site of pilgrimage for 2,700 years before the rise of Islam, including for Arabic Christians and Pagans
XEg7P TIL of Didier Delsalle who is the only person to have landed a helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest.
DQo4e TIL that Cosmo Jarvis, lead actor of the Shogun mini series, had a music career.
X9Jr TIL they make scents in a can to create a more engaging atmosphere for Dungeon and Dragon players, such as ‘Horse Stables’ and 'Ottoman Harem’.
mkVR TIL: Getting a blood transfusion won’t change your DNA and an episode of M.A.S.H. addressed this issue in which they tricked a racist soldier to think that he had turned black after getting blood from a black donor.