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TIL that Snopes occasionally makes up urban legends, just to keep us on our toes.

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QN4EX TIL - lab cells cultured from a dead woman weigh more than her (over millions of tons)
m8Av TIL that Australia has lost a war against Emus
6EDr7 TIL that during "Hell Week", a five and a half day stretch during the training/application phase, US Navy SEAL candidates sleep only a total of four total hours during the week, run more than 200 miles and do physical training for more than 20 hours a day.
8ZOZ TIL that The Beatles song Why Don’t We Do It in the Road was inspired by two monkeys having sex in the middle of a street in India.
GAW65 TIL windsocks (like those used at airports and heliports) are often used at industrial buildings that use ammonia as a refrigerant so emergency responders know which areas are downwind if there’s a leak