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TIL Shania Twain married the husband of the woman her own husband was cheating with

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9wxgX til, largely because the tech industry has so wholeheartedly embraced work-from-home, activity in San Francisco’s downtown remains at roughly a third of prepandemic levels — lower than in about 50 other major cities
WLVo TIL that there is a Native American tribe of ultra-runners known as the Tarahumara. They can run 200 miles non-stop, and play running games that go on for up to 2 days without breaks. They use the toe-strike method of running instead of the traditonal heel-strike.
1QXP TIL that all Mormons who who went to their temple until the 1930’s took an “Oath of Vengeance” against those who had contributed to the death of Joseph Smith including the United States Government.
epRy5 TIL during WW2 Hungarian chemist and noble laureate, George de Hevesy, dissolved two fellow laureate’s gold Noble Prizes in aqua regia to prevent Nazis from confiscating them
wLWKo TIL that the guava fruit has the highest protein content of any fruit with 2.55g per 100g.