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TIL: The largest joint in your body is the knee and one of the most complex.

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16BDV TIL in 1906, Teddy Roosevelt became the first sitting US President to make a foreign trip when he visited the Panama Canal
pD68 TIL that a newspaper posted a poll asking readers if watching Blackfish – a documentary critical of SeaWorld for keeping orcas captive – changed their opinions of SeaWorld. The results were “No.” It was later revealed that 55% of the votes came from a single IP-address … hosted by SeaWorld
8ePPL TIL about Clowns without Borders, an international organization that travels to conflict zones around the World to relieve suffering through laughter
p8yE8 TIL that the year 1816 is known as the "year without summer" due to the volcanic eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia which resulted in tens of thousands of deaths, a global temperature drop of up to 3 degrees Celsius and unusually cold and wet conditions sweeping across Europe and North America.
QNx66 TIL Napoleon indirectly began the process of Latin American independence when the power vacuum was filled by local politiccal. Such leaders embraced nationalistic sentiments influenced by French nationalism and led successful independence movements in Latin America.