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TIL Andrew Zimmern of Bizarre Foods was once homeless in NYC and would steal purses to afford his drug habit.

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aK0N TIL: A NOOK is a small corner formed by two walls; an alcove or recess, forming a hidden or secluded spot. A CRANNY, by comparison, is small, narrow opening, fissure, or crevice in a wall, or other substance.
LrMZ TIL naturalist Chris Packham said he would “eat the last panda if I could have all the money we have spent on panda conservation put back on the table for me to do more sensible things with.”
YpNYW TIL spectators at the Indy 500 used to erect huge scaffolding towers for viewing until one collapsed killing 2 and injuring 82.
KYNrE TIL it’s routine practice in the US and many other countries for turkeys to have their beaks trimmed without anesthesia, which can cause something similar to “phantom limb pain” that humans experience after amputations.
PYWOg TIL the human foot is one of the heaviest sweat producers on the body and contains 250,000 sweat glands. However, these eccrine glands produce sweat of mostly water and salt meant to cool you, and it has very little odor on its own.