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TIL We need to use a blanket at night to keep warm, as our bodies no longer thermoregulate.

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nem0W TIL many ships engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing often fly the flag of Mongolia. Being a land-locked country, Mongolia is one of the Flag of Convenience nations and has weak or no fishing regulations.
gMM17 TIL the average-sized apple has a weight force of approximately 1 Newton.
B7Qk TIL Richard Jewell, a security guard at the 1996 summer olympics, saved the lives of hundreds of people when he found a bomb, alerted the police and helped evacuate the area. He was then prime suspect of the FBI and persecuted by the media.
wLY17 TIL the "bacon and eggs" All-American breakfast idea was a PR marketing campaign by Edward L. Bernays (the nephew of Sigmund Freud) for a bacon company in the 1920's.
Y7nA TIL Quentin Tarantino let The Man with the Iron Fist use his name purely for advertisement purposes even though he has almost nothing to do with the actual film