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TIL that, using Wolfram Alpha, you can see your Facebook’s Account stats like most used words, top commenters, etc.

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8aWQL TIL An hour-long hot bath can burn 130 calories — the same amount you would burn by walking for 30 minutes
YpejA TIL the NYPD has more officers than 45 states combined and even outpace the numbers of the actual Belgian military itself
7AdX TIL for their 2011 tour, The Foo Fighters submitted their tour rider, or performance agreements, as a 50 page coloring book complete with a word search and maze.
jNlEv TIL that there is an alive 'castrato'. Javier Medina was chemically castrated due to leukemia at the age of 8 years, later in life he began his musical formation in choirs becoming the first castrato the the world has heard in almost a century.
MMxA TIL that a 92 year old man named Hyman Strachman pirates movies and then sends them overseas to soldiers, using his own money. He has sent over 300,000 discs so far.