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TIL: The US has its own version of the international foot measurement, the US Survey Foot Measurement.

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LQQAd TIL about Eric "The Eel": with having learned to swim only 8 months beforehand, the 22 Equatoguinean was able to compete in the Olympics due to a program in assisting developing countries. Nearly drowning, the crowd of 17,000 people cheered him on as he finished proud to represent his country.
BQmr TIL The Censored Eleven, eleven Loony Toons cartoons witheld from syndication in 1968, were only shown past that as a special presention in a single theater in 2010 (Now available on Youtube)
YpjOr TIL cherries are one of the only natural food sources of melatonin, the hormone that regulates the sleep-wake cycle
a84Mo TIL; Flushing a toilet with the lid down could reduce airborne particles by as much as 50%.
R7Lx9 TIL about Alejo Garza Tamez a 77 yo mexican hunter whom on 2010 was given 24 hours, by cartel members, to leave his ranch. Instead he armed himself, waited for them and managed to kill 4 sicarios, injure 2 more and make the rest run away.