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TIL that more than 80% of amputees can still feel their missing limb for up to 3 years after amputation

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5YOln TIL In 1990 Sinéad O'Connor refused to give a concert in New Jersey, because the organizers insisted on playing the American National Anthem before her act. Frank Sinatra then threatened to "kick her in the ass" and New Jersey prohibited her from ever singing in that concert hall again.
9wpnr TIL cheese has morphine-like compound named casomorphin
mMLx TIL 75% of restaurant food sales in the United States are sourced from only two different companies: US Foods, and Sysco Corporation, which almost merged last year.
8Yxa TIL After phasing out coal power plants, Toronto has been smog free for the first time in over a decade.
KQ6a TIL when the Abbey National Building Society moved into 219-229 Baker Street, London, they employed a full-time secretary to answer mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes (fictional address: 221b Baker Street)