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TIL, 146 cryogenically frozen people are buried in the desert waiting for science to resurrect them

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neDa7 TIL that humans have the same amount of hair as gorillas and other primates, ours is just shorter and thinner
wLXwJ TIL the leaves of the Australian Gympie Gympie plant are covered by hollow glass needles filled with a neurotoxin. The sting can last for years and is so exquisitely painful people have killed themselves after being stung.
pO0b TIL the mobile game “Send Me to Heaven” involves throwing your phone as high in the air as you can. the creator said he made it with the hope of destroying as many iPhones as possible, but Apple banned it from the App Store.
BojD TIL that John Tyler, the 10th president of the US, was born in 1790. He has a grandson that is alive today.
MepE0 TIL During the 1965 Shea Stadium concert of the Beatles, the crowd were cheering so loud that none of the band members could hear each other play, and Ringo had to look at the bopping heads of his band mates to keep time.