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TIL Lockheed Martin is developing an exoskeleton for the military that will allow a soldier to carry a 200lb load for extended periods.

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m1ZYR TIL Glutinous Rice Does Not Contain Any Gluten
oRaoL TIL the vas deferens can regrow after a vasectomy as much as two inches, and reattach, thus allowing sperm to once again pass and restore one's fertility.
NX5ab TIL Much of Thespis (Gilbert and Sullivan's first opera) has been lost. The little music that has survived largely comes from Sullivan recycling his material, Climbing Over Rocky Mountain was later used in The Pirates of Penzance and the ballet was likely reused for the French The Mikado.
ZMwR TIL the term “piss poor” originally referred to families who literally had to sell their own urine to make money.
LLRd TIL that after a Southern Confederacy lost the Civil war, 10 to 20 thousand of them fled the country and established a colony in Brazil.