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TIL people who are starved appear to have a large abdomen due to water retention as a result of protein deficiency

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k6JE TIL archaeologists excavating a Roman city found remains of close to 100 infants who were smothered and cast into a sewer that ran beneath a brothel. It believed infanticide was a widely used method of limiting family size in ancient Rome
NGEb TIL “The Hum” is a low frequency sound heard by about 10% of the population at night and on overcast days
dDy1Q TIL that the largest intact passenger ship on the seabed after sinking is the HMHS Brittanic (sank 1916), sister ship of the RMS Titanic.
8aEBG TIL that after a ticker-tape parade to celebrate his Olympic medals, Jesse Owens was not permitted to enter through the main doors of the Waldorf Astoria and instead forced to travel up to the event in a freight elevator to reach the reception honoring him.
VWA8 TIL every time you hit the space bar, on average 600,000 people in the world do too.