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TIL that Louis Braille (the inventor of Braille) is buried in his home which now is a museum, but his hands were cut off at the wrists and buried in his childhood hometown

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VMRp8 TIL of Salomon Klass, a Finnish Jewish captain was nominated for the German Iron Cross who stopped a Soviet counterattack 7 times during the Continuation War between Finland, Germany and the USSR. He was among three Finnish Jews to get nominated for the award, they all refused it.
4Xr5 TIL That picking your nose and eating your boogers is good for your immune system
4knRJ TIL Octopus have 9 brains, 3 lungs and blue blood. Each of its 8 arms has one mini-brain, and one central brain. The blue blood is because the protein, haemocyanin, which carries oxygen around the octopus's body, contains copper rather than iron...
8ePPL TIL about Clowns without Borders, an international organization that travels to conflict zones around the World to relieve suffering through laughter
D1pnv TIL that Before the Civil War, uniforms were custom-sewn. Such a massive number of people had to be outfitted that uniforms needed to be mass produced. Soldiers were put into subtypes: large, medium, and small—classifications that eventually found their way to civilian clothing.