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TIL that the flap of skin under your elbow is called the wenis

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BryOe TIL George Washington died from cynanche trachealis, aka the croup, mainly due to over zealous Doctors. Washington feeling very sick asked his overseer, Albin Rawlins, to bleed him. Doctors bled him four more times over the next eight hours, with a total blood loss of 40% along with other remedies.
XlPQ TIL Ravens, Bees, Ants and Humans are the only animals capable of linguistic displacement- the ability to communicate about objects or events that are distant in space or time
QNdg6 TIL Springfield from the Simpsons is commonly depicted as being located in an unnamed 51st state that exists at the tri-point of Kansas, Colorado, and Nebraska. The State's Capital City is named "Capital City" and it supposedly has 2000 McDonald's Locations.
m1PeO TIL there's a gene that greatly increase your chance of committing violence! It's the 2-repeat allele of the MAOA gene !
aOMy TIL researchers polled 250 children regarding their opinions on clowns; all 250 children in the study reported that they found clowns frightening.