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TIL "breatharians" have killed several people since the 1980s through starvation / dehydration

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4xL5 TIL that It was rumored that the Apple Inc. logo had a bite taken from it to represent the poison apple that computer scientist and mathematician, Alan Turing, allegedly laced with cyanide to kill himself with. The designer has said, it wasn’t, but “It’s a wonderful urban legend.”
KOQnw TIL that There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover the entire land mass of North and South America to a depth of 30 centimetres (12 in)
GYNa5 TIL guns can be fired in space. Gunpowder contains its own oxidizer, which allows guns to work even in the vacuum of space.
rRVXy TIL in 1795 a treaty with Britain was so unpopular that graffiti was scrawled on the governor of NY's house that said "Damn John Jay! Damn everyone who won't damn John Jay! Damn everyone that won't put lights in his windows and sit up all night damning John Jay!"
6E1w TIL the gender symbols (♂ ,♀ ) represent a shield and a spear for male, and a mirror for female.