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TIL there is a high school in New York City that is more selective than Stuyvesant

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woON6 TIL - The average person unknowingly eats a surprisingly high number of bugs each year! According to the United States Department of Agriculture, the average person consumes up to one and a half pounds of insects annually through fruits and vegetables. That amounts to about 440 to 660 bugs per year!
b61y0 TIL that hitting your "funny bone" (the ulnar nerve) hard enough can trigger vasovagal syncope—a fainting response caused by sudden pain overwhelming the nervous system and leading to a temporary loss of consciousness.
wQ7J TIL Alaska was never meant to be separated from the rest of the United States, but would be linked when British Columbia also joined. Instead, the Alaska Purchase compelled British Columbia to join the Canadian Confederation 3 months later.
Me5Xm TIL that Burger King launched a $40 million ad campaign in November 1985 called "Where's Herb?" The idea was to find a character named Herb who'd never been to BK. Other chains pointed out that if Herb wasn't at BK, it meant he probably liked other chains' burgers more. BK profits fell 40% in 1986.
aw5g0 TIL more than a dozen vulnerable people were involuntarily injected with plutonium as part of the Manhattan Project, in order to learn the human biological reaction to radiation poisoning