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TIL socks are among the most needed items at homeless shelters, yet among the least-often donated.

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NVeP TIL a black slave called Yasuke was made a samurai by Oda Nobunaga, and was said to have strength greater than 10 men.
M7OBm TIL that actor Sir Michael Caine chose his acting pseudonym whilst standing in a phonebox in Leicester Square and spotting a nearby and for the 1954 movie "The Caine Mutiny".
G8bG TIL the 1945 Food and Nutrition Board Paper often quoted statement “humans require roughly 2.5 liters (8 glasses) per day” is only ½ of the full statement. The other half was “we get most of the fluid we need from food and other beverages.”
KOpZ9 TIL Jason Padgett was hit in the head after a violent attack in 2002, this attack in turn made him acquire Savant Syndrome, which gave his extremely good math skills and a different view in the world, with water looking like flowing lines as opposed to the smoothness most of us see.
44BX TIL in Norse mythology, the dwarves created a magical chain to shackle the wolf Fenrir. It was made of: the sound of a cat’s footfall, the beard of a woman, the roots of a mountain, bear’s sinews, fish’s breath and bird’s spittle. It is said that this creation is the reason why none of these exist.