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TIL freedivers on average hold their breath for 10min! BUT the Longest breath held was 24min 3 sec by Aleix Segura in 2016.

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BZKe TIL there is a recurring generational cycle in American history, repeating every 4th generation, that can be traced back to the 1400s
E1wgX TIL That one of Canada's political parties wants to make "Sorry" Canada's oficial motto
PN4w TIL a company developed a system for your home that when an earthquake is detected, a compressor will release an incredible amount of air underneath your house causing it float off it’s foundation
kOx4e TIL Hypnic jerks (that jolt you get that wakes you up just before you fall asleep) may well be left over from when we were tree-dwelling monkeys: the jerk reflex prevented us from falling asleep on an unsafe branch.
xrww TIL In 1955 Hugh Hefner released a short story about straight men being persecuted in a gay world. After receiving numerous hatemail, he released a statement saying “If it was wrong to persecute heterosexuals in a homosexual society then the reverse was wrong, too.”