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TIL that it would take 1,200,000 mosquitos, each sucking once, to completely drain the average human’s body of blood.

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ANgR7 TIL the chemical element calcium is a metal.
7rnxX TIL we are currently living in an era called "The Long Peace", a period of peace which has not been seen since the Roman Empire. There are now less than 10 reported deaths per million each year due to war.
yVQbX TIL TIL After he died Einstein’s family directed that he—meaning all of him—be cremated. Dr. Thomas Harvey, the pathologist who performed the autopsy, decided to remove Albert’s brain before releasing his body to the undertakers. He stored Einstein’s brain in his home for 20+ years in Mason jars
RmG6 TIL people in the medieval ages never actually believed the Earth was flat. It was a myth created during the evolution debate in the late 1800s.
jNkQv TIL that Alan Turing volunteered during war and in the application form he answered a question that asked the applicant if they understood that by signing up they place themselves liable to military law as "No". No one noticed, he became a fine marksman and then got out by citing this technicality.