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TIL we lose 200-300 ML of water every night just from breathing while sleeping!

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N7rK8 TIL Canada's nuclear reactors (CANDU) are designed to use decommissioned nuclear weapons as fuel and can be refueled while running at full power. They're considered among the safest and the most cost effective reactors in the world.
x6KBD TIL that Apollo astronauts were 4-5x more likely than other astronauts to die from heart disease. One theory is that exiting the earth’s magnetosphere exposed them to cosmic rays, which has been shown to damage vascular tissue.
4kA9J TIL: There was a Stanford study that took low income stressed/anxious children and exposed them to distressing images such as car crashes and then pleasant images to determine that they have stronger fear signals than typical kids which leads to more impulsive and less controlled actions.
awyPJ TIL DMX avoided a maximum jail term for tax fraud when his lawyer played his song "Slippin'" for the judge in order to show X's struggles and how bad his upbringing was.
neL4P TIL about Chumboxes, a grid of clickbait articles found on a majority of news sites. Over 80% of these articles are ads and are focused on things like miracle cures and images of pills