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TIL that Belgians eat the most calories per person per day than any other country in the world at an average of 3,768 calories

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GYkVG TIL of a village in northern Japan where it is believed Jesus Christ lived and died. He is said to have fled crucifixion and came to the village where he started a family and died at the age of 106.
yQkJp TIL of "White Friday"; during World War 1 in Italy an avalanche struck an army barracks killing 270 soldiers. Both Italian and Austrian sides then deliberately fired shells into the weakened snowpacks in an attempt to bury the other side. 10,000 people were killed altogether.
XEdP8 TIL that mucus gets its green color from an enzyme white blood cells use to make a corrosive chemical called hypochlorite to dissolve bacteria. Hypochlorite is the same chemical used in household bleach.
46d6 TIL Isaac Newton stuck a needle in his eye, placing pressure on the eyeball, to study the human eye as a lens and how it perceives color.
kJkGW TIL about the 1980 Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. The original bridge collapsed when it was struck by the freighter MV Summit Venture. 35 people died, including passengers on a Greyhound Bus.