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TIL that you should drink 8 oz of water right after you wake up, because one of the reasons you are still tired and weak, is because you are so dehydrated.

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6ayQ TIL a study has been published stating that being naked “led to an increase in life satisfaction, an effect that was also mediated by improvements in body image and self-esteem”
rjLd TIL that a 2005 research by the University of Miami on lethal injections in the U.S. found that the post mortem blood concentration of anaesthetic (Sodium thiopental) in 43 out of 49 executed inmates were lower than that required for surgery. 21 inmates had concentrations consistent with awareness.
1a7PP TIL after a British Airways 747 had all 4 engines disabled, the pilot announced it by saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.".
d8x78 TIL that Witold Pilecki, a Polish soldier, voluntarily became a prisoner of Auschwitz in order to report what was going on in the camps to the Allies.
XEKer TIL when Radovan Karadžić went into hiding, he became Dr. Dabić. He lost 20 kilos. He grew a long white beard, changed his accent and was living in the open and working as a healer. He even went on TV shows without anyone knowing that he was the most wanted war criminal from the former Yugoslavia