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TIL that plastic surgeons use decapitated cadaver heads to learn and refresh their surgical skills

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KYGyR TIL that the West Side of Saint Paul, Minnesota is south of downtown. The separate city of West St. Paul (note the spelling) is also south of downtown Saint Paul. East of West St. Paul is the also separate city of South St. Paul. There is also a separate North Saint Paul (note the spelling).
PAaw TIL a man claiming to be a 500-year-old vampire was arrested in 2011 after attacking a woman. During his arrest, he shouted at the pursuing officers that he “didn’t want to have to feed on humans”.
OGLje TIL that in 1982, the members of the punk rock band Misfits were arrested in New Orleans because of grave robbing while attempting to locate the grave of voodoo practitioner Marie Laveau, but bailed themselves out of jail and skipped their court date to drive to their next performance in Florida.
e0A8g Today I learned that there are taste buds on testicles and anuses. they seem to be part of the chemical sensing of sugars or amino acids but for the most part their full function is unknown.
M7048 TIL a Chinese teenager defaced a stone sculpture in ancient Egyptian Luxor Temple with graffiti. An embarrassed Chinese traveller photographed it and shared on Weibo. It took just a day before outraged netizens tracked the teenager down in his hometown forcing his parents to apologize for him.