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TIL That Our Average Normal Temperature May No Longer Be 98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit

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xV0X7 TIL Abraham Lincoln in in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. He was an accomplished wrestler who won 299/300 matches.
GYkb4 TIL that a dutch bike company prints televisions on their boxes and reduced shipping damages by 70-80 percent
1a5DX TIL that bumblebees hold the insect record for high altitude flying. They have been discovered on Mt. Everest at more than 5,600-meters above sea level, and flew successfully in a flight chamber which recreated the thin air of 9,000-meters.
168vD TIL Sichuan salt wells are 2,250 old. As demand for salt grew, deeper wells were needed. Sometimes, they hit natural gas pockets resulting in explosions. They learnt to harness it with bamboo tubes and mud. Gas was then used to cook the brine to produce salt crystals faster.
4XbOo TIL that the "vocalizations" for Chewbacca were inspired by a sad walrus in an emptied out pool.