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TIL clockwise and counterclockwise were originally sunwise and widdershins before clocks were common

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8exxP TIL that in Maoiri folklore, in an attempt to give humans immortality, Maui died after turning into a worm and getting bitten in half by the teeth of a goddess' vagina
69myw TIL your metabolism doesn’t really slow down until after age 60
xb5w TIL the chances of a patient having a healthy and normal brain after CPR are about 2%
e0XL5 TIL a Chinese woman won the 1992 gold medal in skeet shooting where she was the only woman in the field. Women were then banned from competing until 2000 where a women-only event was added.