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TIL if your cornea gets heavily damaged, you can get a new one made of titanium

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0wKb1 TIL that the reason the US refrigerates eggs and other countries don’t is that the U.S had multiple outbreaks of salmonella in the 20th century and now requires all grocery eggs to be washed. Washing removes a protective layer on eggs that keeps them fresh longer.
kOG7e TIL Charles King, Former Liberian President, holds the Guinness World record for most frauded election in history, having won the 1927 election with 234 000 votes in a country with 15 000 registered votes.
e4bk TIL in the film ‘Thank You for Smoking’, none of the characters are ever seen smoking.
oBGnr TIL that prior to making Finding Nemo, Pixar's in-house art team was required to take Marine Biology, Oceanography, Ichthyology, and Scuba Diving Classes in order to get the look & feel of the characters and their world just right.
D1PgP TIL that in 1875 a swarm of 12.5 trillion locusts covering 198,000 square miles and weighing 27.5 million tons descended upon the Great Plains, devouring all plant life in their path. Farmers that tied to shoo them away had the clothes eaten right off their bodies.