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TIL wind chill calculations assume that your exposed face is roughly five feet off the ground, it’s night, and you’re walking directly into the wind in an open field at a clip of about 3 mph.

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R5ZnQ TIL the Beatles (John, Paul, George, Ringo) were only together for 7 years and 7 months
OoMx6 TIL when ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ was released, its box office experienced an unexpected success from the younger counterculture demographic who particularly enjoyed experiencing the Stargate sequence while under the influence of psychedelic drugs.
nok7 TIL that the 164 graduates in the 1915 United States Military Academy Class produced 59 Generals and 1 President, and is called “The class the stars fell on.”
D1n9r TIL William the Conqueror (aka William The Bastard) was denied a marriage proposal by Matilda of Flanders who felt marrying a bastard was below her. He won her heart by reading the response and immediately riding 250+ miles from Normandy to Bruges to grab her by the hair and throw her in the mud.
ep7eE TIL people who had their rectum removed , still feel like they have to poop , even though nothing is there