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TIL Bruce Lee had his sweat glands removed from his armpits because he thought sweating there looked bad on camera, and this might have been a factor in his death several months later

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XNG8 TIL that the television show Top Gear, sponsored by Shell, staged breakdowns of the Nissan Leaf and Tesla Roadster, to make electric cars seem unviable and inferior to petrol powered vehicles, and causing doubt to Tesla investors
5V01n TIL 33% of American women met weekly recommendations for aerobic exercise, as opposed to 43% for men.
0dpwj TIL that the 1982 Split Enz song "Six months in a leaky boat", despite being a hit in Australia, New Zealand, and Canada, was denied airplay in the UK due to the song being perceived as being inappropriate during the naval action of the Falklands War.
DN8J TIL if you yelled for 1 year, 7 months, 26 days, you would produce enough sound energy to heat a cup of coffee
PYB6n TIL, in 1973 a drunk driver hit and killed a tree that had been used for a landmark in the Sahara Desert for nearly 300 years... And it was the only tree within 250 miles.