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TIL that raisins can rehydrate into full-sized grapes in your digestive tract if you (or your toddler) don't chew them

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8jgb TIL that because few men reproduce with many women, 2/3 of your ancestors are female, not ½. Also, overall throughout humanity 80% of females end up reproducing, while only 40% of males do
kOOkB TIL "grawlixes" are typographical symbols standing in for profanities in comic strips, appearing in dialogue balloons in place of actual dialogue.
VM7lD TIL that the atmosphere on Mars is so thin, the air at face-level and the air at feet-level would probably be vastly different temperatures.
7rpJr TIL that Doc Pomus, who wrote the lyrics to "Save the Last Dance for Me," had polio and was confined to a wheelchair. He wrote the song after his wedding, where he watched his new wife dance with everyone but him.
Br0bk TIL during the meltdown, Chernobyl electrician Oleksander Lelechenko saved his younger colleagues from radiation exposure by walking through radioactive water three times to effect emergency repairs alone. He died in Kiev hospital less than 2 weeks after the disaster