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TIL our heart pumps nearly 1.5 gallons of blood every minute, which could fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool in under a year.

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6xwZ TIL that despite their looks, falcons are more closely related to parrots than they are to hawks and eagles.
BrjBL TIL that Richard Drew, the photographer who took the famous photo of the "Falling Man" who leapt from the North Tower on 9/11, was also one of the four photographers present at Bobby Kennedy's assassination.
9MkG TIL a child molester who appeared in over 200 photographs of abuse used a ‘digital swirl’ effect to hide his identity. He was caught after police reversed the effect.
woGbP TIL In Cheongju, South Korea, a gang of thieves rented a hotel and spent a month digging a secret tunnel to gain access to a nearby oil pipeline in order to siphon it. They've managed to dug 10 meters deep and reached the pipeline, but a police raid caught them before they could steal any oil.
NXLKQ TIL that Tobe Hooper hoped the original cut of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre would get a PG rating due to the lack of visible gore. It received an X rating, only receiving an R once several minutes were cut. Certain theaters were told by police to not show the film or they could face morality charges