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TIL that the two songs whose tempo is closest to the optimum for performing CPR on someone who has just suffered a heart attack - 100 bpm - are “Stayin’ Alive” and “Another One Bites The Dust”

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9wM0m TIL India is the 4th largest exporter of beef
nennW TIL that in 1997 an Economist at the Mercatus Center Argued that the EPA "not taken into account that smog-free skies would result in more cases of skin cancer"
lo4WB TIL that for a time lots of navy ships and other military véhicule where painted in pink for better camouflage during dusk and dawn. The idea came from Lord Mountbatten after he saw a ship repainted in pink (the only colour available at the harbour) disappear in the sunset
loxv7 TIL that Eminem watched his daughter, Hailie, get crowned homecoming queen from an empty classroom in the school because he didn't want to take the attention away from her.
graD8 TIL the human stomach opens to the body's right. Thus, if you have acid reflux, you should lie on your LEFT, generally not on your right or on your back. [corrected source]