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TIL 45% of people only have two bones in their pinky toe
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TIL the Pentagon received the Pigasus award in 1981 for spending $6 million to determine whether burning the photo of a Soviet missile would destroy the missile.
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TIL in 2006, Pvt. Channing Moss was on patrol when his squad was ambushed and an RPG round got lodged in his abdomen. He was evacuated operated on by two surgeons and an explosive expert who had been watching a Grey's Anatomy episode on removing a live grenade. The round was removed and he survived.
Grog
TIL Michael Jordan’s father was murdered. The famous picture of Jordan crying while holding the trophy was the first NBA Championship win since his father died. The day Jordan and the Bulls won that title happened to be on Father’s Day.
rRgyy
TIL that during the 2000 Summer Paralympics, Spain cheated their way to winning gold medals in basketball as 10 out of the 12 players on the team weren't disabled.
RZMa
TIL that when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia, its internet domain name went from .yu to .me