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TIL that tattoos are permanent because your body is constantly fighting to get rid of the ink, which actually traps it under your skin.

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GYNp5 TIL that "sinister" means "left" or "left-handed" in Latin from the word "sinus" meaning "pocket". In Roman togas, the pocket would be on the left side. This grew to left-handed people having unlucky or even evil connotations, which led to the modern English word "sinister".
dp49 TIL of Black Jack, the riderless horse who participated in over 1,000 Full Honors US Military Funerals, including JFK’s. He is one of two horses to be buried with Full Military Honors himself, the other being Comanche, General Custer’s horse.
8evQK TIL that on 29th November 1976 Grand Canyon Airlines Flight N4125R crashed into the Grand Canyon. Killing all occupants on board. Investigations determined that the cause of the crash was the result of an unrestrained German Shepard taking control of the plane.
J1WXv TIL that the abandoned Central State Hospital, formerly known as the Georgia State Lunatic, Idiot, and Epileptic Asylum, is surrounded by 25,000 unmarked graves
8XjZ TIL Gaius gracchus, the ancient roman politician, had a bounty put on his head to the price of the head’s weight in gold. Although the head was delivered, the prize was never paid, as it was discovered that Gaius’ captor had emptied out his brain and replaced it with molten lead.