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TIL about Dracunculiasis or Guinea Worm Disease. A parasite that burrows out of your skin causing debilitating pain.

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VMQvG TIL the famous dog on the cover of National Lampoon's "Buy This Magazine or the Dog Gets It" actually was tragically shot and killed in an unrelated incident.
9Ojm TIL from the thirties until the seventies, fluoroscopes were common in children’s shoe stores. They are live x-ray machines that let you see the bones in your feet when you wiggle your toes. By 1970, 33 states had banned them due to health concerns.
oWM8 TIL MySpace turned down an offer to buy Facebook for $75 million in early 2005
6vv7 TIL that in 1908 the Imperial Russian Olympic Team arrived to London 12 days too late for the games because they were not using the Gregorian calendar yet.
GYxa4 TIL the vast difference between a million and a billion dollars, which was out into perspective by Tom Scott on a 2D plane making it easier to visualise.