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TIL that F1 drivers pee inside their suits during the race

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gMKeL TIL Leigh Mercer, a mathematician and writer, created an equation that, when spoken aloud, was a limerick. "A dozen, a gross, and a score/Plus three times the square root of four/Divided by seven/Plus five times eleven/Is nine squared and not a bit more."
jxnX TIL that Donald Dunagan, the little boy who did the voice of Bambi grew to become the youngest drill instructor ever in the United States Marines.
woGeW TIL that in the 60's they had pacemakers with RTG's in them, a type of nuclear battery that uses an array of thermocouples to convert the heat released by the decay of a suitable radioactive material into electricity.
8dEa TIL that gay marriage is not legal in Germany, and gay couples are not allowed to adopt a child together.
0dpgA TIL the Army of the United States is not the same as the US Army. The Army of the US is one of four components, also including the Regular Army, the Army Reserve and the National Guard. If you're drafted you go into the Army of the US, but it's been dormant since 1973.