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In Iceland, a question of ice and fire

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ojXY TIL When we lose fat from our bodies, 84% of that fat is exhaled as carbon dioxide through the lungs. The remaining 16% becomes water, which may be excreted in urine, feces, sweat, breath, tears and other bodily fluids.
0d1KL TIL during a hunting trip in 1913 the race car driver Camille Jenatzy hid behind a bush, made animal noises and was promptly shot by a friend, he died in a car on the way to hospital, fulfilling his own prediction that he would die in a Mercedes
DOXV TIL A woman that reported 100 incidents of harassment and stalking, was found dead drugged with her arms hogtied behind her back, but ruled by the police as a suicide.
xV77o TIL A lot of cigarettes are made with small holes in the filter, such to produce less (2-20 times) nicotine and tar when tested in laboratories for public health, using the prescribed ISO method, compared to the other available CI method or reality.
kOWR1 TIL Valdosta High School in GA is winningest football program in the USA ever. 900+ wins, 27 loses, 34 ties.