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TIL that drinking soft drinks every day increases risk of bone fractures by 50% because they contain lots of phosphorus, which the body will absorb in place of calcium, causing calcium deficiency

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gMEpL TIL that an electrical arc flash, can reach up to 35,000 degrees Fahrenheit. Which is about four times hotter than the surface of the sun.
DQXRv TIL that during Hurricane Camille in 1969, the rainfall in Virgina was so heavy that birds drowned in trees and people had to cup hands around their face to breathe. According to the weather service, it was the probable maximum rainfall which meteorologists compute to be theoretically possible.
D1oVJ TIL that Malaria killed ~10k troops in the US Civil War
x6ejg TIL That China had a very significant role in helping the US defeat Japan in WWII, and that China suffered over eight million casualties.
ZpJka TIL that Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite is the same guy who played Laszlo in Real Genius.