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TIL a Harvard/Google study found the English language to contain 1,022,000 words

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b4m4 TIL it only takes eight pounds of household lye (sodium hydroxide) three hours to fully dissolve a human body.
ObQe TIL from 2006 - 2010, excessive alcohol use led to approximately 88,000 deaths and 2.5 million years of potential life lost each year in the United States, shortening the lives of those who died by an average of 30 years.
l7R9K TIL Metabolism in adulthood does not slow until the age of 60
WDBo TIL a recent study just found that 43 percent of sunscreens failed to meet the SPF claim on their labels. The Banana Boat Kids Tear-Free, Sting-Free SPF 50 lotion and CVS Kids Sun Lotion SPF 50 both tested at an SPF 8.
bLd0 TIL that the knights in Monty Python And The Holy Grail were originally supposed to ride real horses, but the film’s budget was too small, hence the addition of the coconut joke.