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TIL that of the 9 murders that have occurred on the Appalachian Trail since 1974, a third were lesbians

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xDKg TIL in Motorcycle Road Racing (i.e. Isle of Man TT) the paramedics ride superbikes too, following the racers, to be as fast as possible on the crash scene
P6Ng TIL Coca Cola is paying $100,000 to anyone who can find a new source of natural sweetener.
O6R6 TIL Jim Lovell said in his book that if the Apollo 13 crew stayed still long enough when the electricity shut off, their body heat would form a cocoon of warm air around them. With everything shut down as much as possible he said even a slight movement would destroy the layer of heat.
yQobp TIL medical errors are the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States - more than 250,000 Americans die each year from medical errors
PYm6E TIL that the name Vermont comes from the French "verd mont" meaning green mountain.