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TIL that from elephants to mice, all mammals take approximately 21 seconds to urinate

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nWg4G TIL that the sneezing reflex to sunlight is called the Autosomal dominant Compelling Helio-Ophthalmic Outburst syndrome, or ACHOO Syndrome! About 15 - 35% of the population has this syndrome.
mxvrx TIL nearly 10 percent of US adults believe chocolate milk comes from brown cows.
vPZBx TIL that in 1982, 28-year-old Vladimir Smirnoff, ranked world #1 in fencing, was killed at the World Fencing Championships when a broken foil pierced his mask, entered his eye socket and penetrated his frontal lobe. The incident is the reason why fencing uniforms now include Kevlar as standard.
gMa19 TIL the least-visited national park in the U.S. is the Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve in Alaska, which lies entirely north of the Arctic Circle and has "no established roads, trails, visitor facilities, or campgrounds."
gMYNb TIL: there are two ways to perceive time; ego-moving, where we perceive ourselves moving forward through time, and time-moving, where we perceive time moving toward us. So if asked to move a Tuesday meeting forward a day, half of people would think that meant Monday, the other Wednesday.