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TIL according to Worker’s Comp, the average maximum compensation for an arm in the US is $169,878. For a leg, it’s $153,221. So if something costs “an arm and a leg,” it comes to a total of $323,099.

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6Ey8Y TIL that near 16th century Edinburgh, there was a clan of cannibals who may have eaten more than 1000 people. They were led by a man named Sawney Bean.
Wkjl4 TIL of Jennifer Strange, who died after drinking nearly 7.6 litres (2 gallons) of water over 3 hours for a "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" radio contest.
d87Br TIL that J.K. Rowling wrote a real person into The Goblet of Fire. The girl was named Natalie McDonald, a Harry Potter fan who was dying of leukaemia while Rowling was still writing the book. Her character is a first-year who dons the sorting hat and is sorted into Griffindor.
xV0n5 TIL: Mushrooms are the only vegetarian food that can make vitamin D. They contain a “pro-vitamin,” or precursor, called ergosterol that is converted into vitamin D when exposed to the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation—similar to how your skin synthesizes the vitamin in response to sun exposure.
Z8vdp TIL There was an entire horror movie filmed inside the US Disney parks, without permission. Actors and crew dressed up as tourists and filmed over 2 weeks in each park. Disney chose to ignore the movie, most likely to avoid giving it further attention. It premiered at Sundance.