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TIL 1/3 of Harvard students are legacies.

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5VnXD TIL Every single British tank has a built in boiling vessel so the crew can have cheeky mid-battle tea breaks
ywQJ TIL critics of early locomotives feared that women’s bodies were “not designed to go at 50 miles an hour,” and that women’s uteruses would fly out of their bodies as they were accelerated to that speed. Others suspected that any human body might simply melt at high speeds.
jNZ6E TIL of the "Counting Coup", a war act originated by American Indians by which warriors would sneak up on enemy combatants, touch them on their body, and silently leave without being detected or causing harm. Escaping unharmed was considered a great prestige, especially if risking death or capture
R5Bw6 TIL that 50% of the dopamine in your brain is synthesized by bacteria in your gut.
jNdPE TIL Trump's grandfather who immigrated to the US, Frederick Trump, was also the Bavarian equivalent of a draft dodger