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TIL about Tim McGrath, who lost half his face to soft tissue cancer, and had to live with exposed flesh for a year after several reconstructions surgeries failed. WARNING: extremely graphic nsfw images in link.

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5Y8gR TIL The Aztecs did not build Aztec Ruins National Monument, a World Heritage Site in the American state of New Mexico; it was actually built by the Pueblo natives. The name is a misattribution from 19th century settlers.
VMZR8 TIL that before he started writing children's books, Dr. Seuss was a successful advertising illustrator, working for companies like Standard Oil, NBC, Ford, and General Electric
5YYGn The sound of a jet engine is about 1,000,000,000 times more powerful than the smallest audible sound.
aVBA TIL two vegan parents severely ignored dietary and medical needs of their child resulting in her death, and they never went to jail for it.
7gwM TIL that the Los Angeles Police Department changed the rank of “inspector” to be called “commander” because “senior officers voiced a preference for the more military-sounding rank”