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TIL Helena Bonham Carter’s maternal grandfather saved thousands of Jews from the Holocaust during World War II

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lo0Q7 TIL the human body has 56 phalanges. The word phalange refers to an ancient Greek army formation in which soldiers stand side by side, several rows deep, like an arrangement of fingers or toes.
BrRKd TIL that a human would have to eat 300 hamburgers just to match the equivalent of what hummingbirds consume to survive every day.
PYKeg TIL that the 1974 noir film "Chinatown" was intended to be the first of a trilogy. The second, "The Two Jakes" bombed at the box office. Consequently, the third, "Cloverleaf" was never produced. However, the script was incorporated into the noir parody film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit."
OYo4 TIL the Vatican bank frequently launders Mafia gun and heroin money…
LkP6m TIL that your voice can change during different phases of the menstrual cycle due to the link between hormone levels and vocal cord functions.