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TIL There are no dinosaur bones in the Grand Canyon

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MeDEm TIL Korean parents have begun hiring thugs who protect their children from bullies. These thugs pose as "fake uncles" and intimidate bullies who have been harassing the bullied kid. In some cases, the thugs will visit the bullies’ parents at their workplace and publicly shame them.
JYY51 TIL that most commercial bread contains an amino acid that mostly comes from the floors of hair salons in China
R5Wyw TIL the Colorado National Guard once tried using flamethrowers and explosives against a swarm of locusts. It didn't work.
LQVnZ TIL The opening drum riff on “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is a disco riff Dave Grohl took from the Gap Band.
0waaR TIL that the first surgery was practiced around 3000BC and it was called trephining. It involved putting a hole in someone’s head, and some theorize that is was used to rid the body of evil spirits. This surgery was in use through Medieval times and the renaissance.