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TIL that the number of sweat glands you have is directly related to the temperature you experienced as a baby

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m1nQO TIL in 2018 a helicopter for sightseers of NYC crashed into the East River. All 5 passengers drowned because they were trapped by their supplemental harnesses, but the pilot escaped
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