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TIL A New Ligament in the Human Knee was Discovered in 2013

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GYDp7 TIL that US sailors captured by North Korea, were flipping the middle finger in photos to protest the propaganda on their treatment. The North Koreans for months photographed them without knowing the real meaning of the finger, while the sailors explained that the sign meant good luck in Hawaii.
R7BLl TIL Ching Chow, a comic strip that was filled with stereotypical Chinese jokes managed to stay in papers until 1990 and was popular among gamblers as they thought it contained secrets for sports betting
wo8wJ TIL crocodiles can gallop like a horse
BroEe TIL that the USA partially uses metric, even if it’s not fully converted
nnXb TIL in Finland most fines are tied to the income of the offender to ensure that both they can afford it, and that it will adequately hurt. One Nokia executive was hit with a $103,600 ticket for driving 15kph over the limit believed to be the most expensive speeding ticket ever.