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TIL due to having no tools, an Inuit man once shat in his hand, shaped it into a knife as it froze, then used it to kill and skin a dog and make a sled out of its bones. He then strapped another dog to the sled so he could travel through a blizzard.

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BrlJL TIL Pringles were forced to rename the product "Crisps" in the U.S. because the brand uses potato dough rather than sliced potatoes. Years later, Pringles argued in the UK even though their product says "crisps" on the container, they aren't legally crisps. They won in court but lost on appeal.
Bg1Oy TIL that when Adam Driver served in the military after 9/11, he was almost deployed to Iraq but was medically discharged after fracturing his sternum while mountain biking. He enrolled in Juilliard soon after his discharge.
neDVb TIL that most Confederate statues were raised long after the Civil War by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in an effort to further the Lost Cause alternate version of history.
oBVnW TIL of DARVO, the behavior demonstrated by wrong-doers who are confronted with their acts. Deny, Attack, and Reverse Victim and Offender.
Bemx TIL: The richest 62 people in the world, have more money than the poorest 50% of the global population (3.562 billion people), combined.