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TIL there are over 700 quintillion planets in the universe

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gx99 TIL a woman donated a kidney to her boss, who then fired her when she took too long to recover from the operation.
1aJ5V TIL in the final stages of hypothermia, humans exhibit two strange behaviors; paradoxical undressing, in which a person will remove all their clothes despite being dangerously close to death, and a completely autonomous, instinctual burrowing behavior.
4XAEo TIL Why paper cuts are so painful is b/c at a microscopic level, paper is actually quite rough. A knife makes a straight cut, but paper acts like a saw blade and does more damage to cells and nerve endings. Paper also leaves behind tiny fibres and chemical residues, irritating the wound even more.
WkpvA TIL that many East African countries don’t want your donated clothes, as it destroys their own clothing market and hurts their economy. They have even asked countries like the U.S. to stop, but we never listen.
XkZR TIL for every American soldier killed by enemy combatants, approximately 25 other soldiers ended their own lives.