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Today I learned you can get skin burns from peppers.

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ORKY TIL Iditarod huskies have a ‘Maximal Oxygen Uptake’ (V02 Max) as high as 240 mL/(kg·min) - greater than Thoroughbred horses (180 mL/(kg·min), and nearly three times greater than the highest human V02 max ever recorded (97.5 mL/(kg·min).
kOd5W TIL that organ donation is on an opt-out basis in Singapore. Citizens who opt-out have a lower priority of receiving an organ should they need one.
1XLD TIL The largest bank heist in history occurred in March 2003, when Saddam Hussein’s son Qusay walked in to the Central Bank of Iraq with a handwritten note from his father authorizing the withdrawal of $920 million.
O4yR TIL that the Crane Fly, also known as Mosquito Hawks, don’t actually eat mosquitoes despite popular belief.
D16e TIL that a study was done that proved that athletes are overall happier with a bronze medal than a silver.