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TIL letting a cut “get air,” or “breathe,” is actually the wrong thing to do to heal it.

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b9WvE TIL that the city of Denver was originally awarded the honor of hosting the 1976 Winter Olympics. The people of Colorado, however, voted against funding the games, and Innsbruck ended up hosting them. This is the only time in history that a city has been awarded the games, but rejected them later.
yVQyV TIL - Liberty Island, while part of New York State, is actually completely surrounded by the waters of Jersey City, NJ.
GANkG TIL in 2011 a man in Egpyt named his daughter Facebook. He chose the name to "to express his joy at the achievements made by the January 25 youth," who organized protests with social media, that began on that day, and led to the ouster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, after 30 years in power.
MbjK TIL a UK heart surgeon has pioneered a new way to repair damaged hearts after being inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s medical drawings.
5VmB8 TIL that the stationary lifestyle of barnacles makes sexual reproduction difficult, as they cannot leave their shells to mate. To compensate, they evolved to have the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom: up to eight times their body length.