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TIL it's possible to buy real human bones online

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JYy98 TIL insufficient sleep has an impact on total daily energy expenditure, food intake, & weight gain. Increased food intake during insufficient sleep is a physiological adaptation to provide energy needed to sustain additional wakefulness;
R58gl TIL that NBA star Stephen Curry and his father Dell Curry (former NBA player) have the same full name. They're both "Wardell Stephen Curry" (though the father takes the "Sr." suffix and Steph takes "II").
d8n9B TIL the creator of Comic Sans has only used the font once, to send a letter complaining about his broadband. He received a £10 refund
7r6eZ TIL an average sized human has 7x10^18 joules of potential energy. Enough to explode with the energy of 30 large hydrogen bombs
l7JA7 TIL In 1886 William Ellsworth Robinson, an American Magician assumed the Asian inspired persona of Chung Ling Soo, dressed in traditional Chineese attire, pretended to not speak English & faked a marriage to an Asian American to fool European audiences. He later died during a failed Bullet Catch Act