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TIL at least two high-profile MLB players practice urinating on their hands with the belief it toughens their skin.

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d8Gk8 TIL that the record for the most overdue library book is 288 years. The book was borrowed from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge by Colonel Robert Walpole (England) in 1667–68 and returned in 1956.
vBOB TIL: The morning-after pill does not work for women that weigh over 170 lbs.
bjxa TIL at full sprint a cheetah spends more time flying than in contact with the ground
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PV0n TIL that the first black Deputy US Marshal of the Wild West was said to have arrested over 3,000 felons in his career, including his own son. He had his belt and hat shot off several times, but was never wounded himself.