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TIL the “L” in salmon is silent

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lXy1 TIL There is an organization called White Hands that offers medical sexual relief for people with disabilities. (NSFW)
5o4n TIL of Alien hand syndrome, a neurological disorder that causes hand movement without the person being aware of what is happening. The afflicted person may reach for objects and manipulate them without wanting to do so, even to the point of having to use the healthy hand to restrain the alien hand.
16QEP TIL As close as 1000 years ago Madagascar was home to gorilla sized lemurs.
X7bk TIL the Sir Isaac Newton quote “If I have seen further than others, it is only because I was standing on the shoulders of giants,” in its original context, was an insult to Robert Hooke, a short and mildly hunchbacked scientist who claimed Newton stole his work from.
vdN7 TIL that Mythbuster’s Grant Imahara built the R2-D2 in Star Wars Ep.1&2, and the Energizer Bunny