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TIL (Technically Yesterday): We drink 1 to 2 QUARTS of Snot Each Day

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Ll7d TIL depression causes more years of disability than cancer, HIV/AIDS, and cardiovascular and respiratory diseases combined
VGB4 TIL in 2002, Bruce Willis’ daughter suggested giving Girl Scout cookies to troops. He bought 12,000 boxes and delivered them to troops stationed throughout the Middle East.
JYXb4 TIL Vasily Arkhipov was the sole officer aboard a submarine who refused to authorize a nuclear strike, presumably saving the world from nuclear destruction during the cold war.
OGAM7 TIL that the 'Luffas' (or 'Loofahs') you use as scrubbing sponges are actually very fibrous vegetables.
EXbw TIL people in Japan are chronically lonely and about 70 people a day commit suicide mainly due to this but they seem to do little to prevent being lonely. Currently in Osaka if someone wants a free hug.