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TIL a man in Florida wrestled a shark out of the water to retrieve his nephew’s arm that had been bitten off. Doctors were able to re-attach the arm.

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xWMo TIL: African elephants are being born without tusks due to poaching, according to researchers
XWrQ TIL that most Kpop (Korean Pop) stars are molded for years in ‘bootcamps’ where they are charged for their housing and dance/singing lessons, before being signed under “slave contracts” that allow their agencies to control their wardrobe, diets, love lives, and their behavior.
KOyB4 TIL that the saying "when one door closes, another opens" is an Alexander Graham Bell quote, which he then followed by saying "but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."
9YJvD TIL of the RP FLIP (Reserach Platform FLoating Instrument Platform), a 355 foot long boat that can fill the front 300 feet with water ballast. Once full, the boat will upend 90 degrees with the aft 55 feet of boat acting as a vertical platform out of the water, like a spar buoy.
5LQR TIL it is suggested that staring at fire improved brain functions such as memory and problem solving in early humans