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TIL the human body consumes and produces its weight in ATP every day.

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nWaJB TIL that the bear who inspired the movie “Cocaine Bear” was stuffed and is displayed in a Kentucky mall where it is used to officiate weddings. The mall claims the weddings are legally binding under Kentucky law.
9KZr TIL of a Japanese air ace who was shot in the face during a dogfight. Blind in one eye and part paralysed, “he flew upside down to prevent blood from blinding his other eye”, flew 5 hours back to base, made his report and then had surgery without anasthesia.
XGmr TIL in 1962 the US Government proposed Operation Northwoods, a plan to commit acts of ‘false flag’ terrorism on American soil, for which Cuba would be blamed, in an effort to gain public support for a US invasion of Cuba. The plan was rejected by the Kennedy Administration
yQJ0X TIL The Killer Lake, Lake Nyos, suddenly killed people and livestock due to the release of immense amount of carbon dioxide.
WaZA TIL that parades are a means of political combat in Northern Ireland. Unionists and nationalists hold hundreds of competing parades that may cause violence if they enter territory belonging to “the other side”. The government often bans/reroutes parades to avoid problems.