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TIL Cold showers are more beneficial than hot showers.

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kYa1 TIL Rain Man (Kim Peek), was the only savant known to science who could read 2 pages of a book simultaneously – one with each eye.
x66l0 TIL The American Civil War not only killed nearly 1 million soliders, it also had many addicted to morphine. Coca-Cola was introduced to try to help them overcome their addiction.
yQXOp TIL the 'Cowboy Load' - in the Wild West, it was most common for 6-shot revolvers to only be loaded with 5 rounds. A live bullet in the chamber below the hammer of a 19th century single-action revolver can be set off with a sharp knock, hence it was not desirable to carry one fully loaded
LRDV TIL after having his hat shot from his head, bullets tear through his coat, and two horses shot from under him George Washington was able to ride 40 miles through darkness to summon reinforcements while suffering from a severe case of dysentery.
dD0N9 TIL that in 2022 there were over 151M valid US passports, up from 7.26M in 1989. Wyoming had the fewest applications in 2022 with 22k. People can apply for a book or card so may have two.