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TIL the Japanese Navy still uses the Rising Sun Flag today.

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mxr4R TIL I learned about Mellified man. The donor would only eat honey, going as far as to bathe in the substance. Shortly, his feces (and even his sweat, according to legend) would consist of honey. When this diet finally proved fatal, the donor's body would be placed in a stone coffin filled with honey
VMndD TIL about "False uniqueness bias," which refers to people underestimating the number of others who share their positive traits ("unlike most people, I exercise") and overestimating the number of people who share their negative traits ("everybody smokes").
0KPM TIL Long Before Trees Overtook the Land, Earth Was Covered by Giant Mushrooms
e0pAg How has bread changed our diets? According to Michael Pollan, bread contributed a lot to civilization, but when white bread was created, a lot of critical nutrients were lost.
N7ZWE TIL about Jim LeBlanc, the only man to survive a vacuum. He was a spacesuit technician, and entered a simulated vacuum to test a spacesuit, when his pressurization hose malfunctioned. He passed out in fourteen seconds, but survived with only an earache.