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TIL North America has 6% of the world population but 34% of human biomass

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dPJ9 TIL LBJ loved to reveal himself to others and was obsessed with is penis. Once when a reporter asked why we are in Vietnam, he unzipped his pants, pulled out his penis and said, “This is why.”
PYD1J TIL That The First Gravity Chairs Were Developed To Help Astronauts Mimic Posture During A Shuttle Launch.
5VmoP TIL of Richard Francis Burton, an 19th century British explorer and writer, who disguised himself as Muslim in order to get into both Mecca and Medina. While he was not the first European to go to either one of those cities, his pilgrimage is the most famous and best documented of the time.
xgMb TIL in 1994, the Surgeon General of the U.S. was fired for saying masturbation is “part of human sexuality, and perhaps should be taught.”
8Joa TIL that the Incredible Hulk’s green skin color was originally a result of printing error (he was originally grey) that Stan Lee liked.