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TIL that the average male gorilla is about 20 times stronger than the average adult man.

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PYArG TIL when a morbidly obese person is cremated, there are special measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of a "grease fire."
AD55d TIL the last naval battle between battleships in history occurred in 1944
Wkmko TIL an objective test found that there was no real perceivable difference in audio performance between a coat hanger soldered to a jack and expensive, high end speaker cables.
LQQvm TIL World War II Spitfires only had about 20 seconds of 'gun time' before running out of ammo, making most movie depictions wildly inaccurate.
KRME TIL the iconic promotional image of Willem Dafoe with his hands raised in anguish from movie “Platoon” was inspired by a real photo from the Vietnam War by Art Greenspon who traveled to Vietnam in his 20s to document the war