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TIL: If an Elephant had the same Metabolic Rate as a Shrew it would quickly Overheat and Explode

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Y7vOP TIL Henry Ford once set the world record for fastest speed achieved on land. In 1904 he drove a Ford 999 on a frozen lake and reached a speed of 91.37mph despite hitting a bump in the ice sending him airborne at one point. The record helped popularize Ford's company.
l78Xa TIL that Nelson Mandela’s wife supported torturing and killing opponents
oBDKr TIL that rapper Lil Skies was a straight A student in high school, and that he graduated HS and briefly attended Shippensburg University PA before dropping out to focus on his rap career.
oR7nL TIL that a teen boy from the UK became legally blind while having a diet of potato chips and fries
xVMPw Today I learned that the electrical impulses in our brain are caused by Sodium and Potassium Ions moving between neurons, something called ‘Action Potential’