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TIL that modern knowledge on how the human body reacts to freezing is based almost exclusively on Nazi human experimentation.

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rRbG4 TIL so many tools were made from Libyan sandstone in the stone age that it is enough for 84 million Great Pyramids of Giza, ~2 per square km of Africa.
5KL9 TIL that holding the steering wheel at 10 and 2 is dangerous, because if the airbag deploys, it’ll forcefully knock your hands into your face, causing injury. The recommended position is now 9 and 3, or 8 and 4.
p8eZO TIL That Bach died after having done eye surgery done by a charlatan. Which involved sticking needles into the eye. The same charlatan also performed the procedure on Handel, who also died from complications of the procedure.
B0jk TIL that the claim that banana flavoring is based on a type of banana that was wiped out and so tastes different than today’s bananas is likely just a myth
7rEZX TIL Microsoft sank a data centre to investigate if it could boost energy efficiency. It could sit on the sea floor for up to five years.