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5YQyP TIL the tongue is actually the fastest healing part of the body
5YGaD TIL Ronald Reagan signed Proclamation 5157 declaring March 6, 1984, as Frozen Food Day. President Reagan called upon the American people "to observe such day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.”
VDpp TIL of Emmett Till, a black teenager who was murdered after allegedly whistling at a white woman. He was so badly disfigured that the only way he could be identified was through his ring. Years later, the woman in question admitted that she fabricated parts of her story.
7rwDr TIL in 2012, a Montana man attempting a Bigfoot hoax dressed in a camouflage sniper suit and walked down an interstate highway at night. He was struck by two cars in quick succession, the drivers unable to see him because of his camouflage suit.
0dye5 TIL that in 2023, a radioactive capsule containing cesium-137, was lost during transport in Western Australia, prompting a large-scale search operation. Amazingly, it was found on the side of the road several weeks later and caused no injuries or sickness.