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TIL 33% of American women met weekly recommendations for aerobic exercise, as opposed to 43% for men.

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yQPXX TIL that as the earth warms, scientists fear that ancient viruses and bacteria will be released from the permafrost. Deadly infections from hundreds of years ago may reemerge, especially from old cemeteries where victims of these diseases were buried.
dXaZ TIL the USSR put a rover on the moon in 1970, and was missing from 1971-2010
EgEWp TIL that when you snap your fingers, the noise is made when your finger slaps your palm, not when the fingers flick past each other.
nXxG TIL that Doctor Who was originally an educational show, with episodes set in the future to teach kids about science, and episodes set in the past to teach them history.
d5BK TIL in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack