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TIL in Norse mythology, during the events of Ragnörak, there is a ship made entirely of the untrimmed nails of the dead that will carry hordes to do battle with the Gods. It’s important to keep those nails trimmed so you don’t contribute to building it.

awX5y TIL: During a disaster, the least wounded patients will make it to the hospital the first, creating what is called "the reverse triage effect" where hospitals will be full of the least critical patients. To counter this hospitals may simply send severe but non-critical patients home.
QOnd TIL that Eminem’s mother filed an $11million defamation lawsuit against him because of his lyrics about her, settled for $25,000 and $23,354.25 of that went to her lawyer.
loxkK TIL that Drivers who text on the road are in far more danger than intoxicated drivers.Texting drivers had slower reactions times by 35% while drunk drivers displayed a 12% decrease in reaction time and drivers intoxicated with cannabis had slowed response times by 21%.
wLXpJ Jedidiah Jenkins quit his job and decided to bike from Oregon to the southern tip of South America. His best friend, filmmaker Kenny Laubbacher, came along for the ride. This short film follows Jenkins as he shares what he's learned from his journey so far. “When you’re a kid, everything is astonishing. Everything is new, and so your brain is awake and turned on ... Once your brain establishes a routine, it stops ... the alertness goes away,” he says. By choosing adventure Jenkins is able to reactivate his brain and turn his “hundred years on this planet into a thousand.
e7pJ TIL that in 1937, MGM covered up the brutal rape of dancer Patricia Douglas and ruined her reputation and her life