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TIL the human body can survive for around a half a minute, completely exposed in space, without permanent injury

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E1ZKd TIL Axolotls can regenerate limbs, organs and even parts of the brain. They are also 1000x more resistant to cancer than mammals. Despite this, they are critically endangered and almost extinct in the wild.
xVw7w TIL that Kaiser Wilhelm II's withered arm was treated with a freshly slaughtered hare tied to his arm and electrotherapies in an attempt to 'fix' the arm
6EYjw TIL that big cats like tigers and cheetahs are attracted to Calvin Klein's Obsession. The Banham Zoo has requested people to drop off their perfumes due to low supplies. The fragrance has also been used in India in 2018 to catch a reported man-eating tiger.
8eAp8 TIL in 1955, a unmanned plane took off from a small aerodrome near Sydney and flew for over 2 hours over the city. Two squadrons of Air Force planes were failed to shoot it down, including one with a guy hanging out of the cockpit with a Bren gun. It was finally shot down by a third RAAF squadron.
YGMP TIL that Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx wrote an economics paper on the need for reliable overnight delivery in the information age, which the professor gave a ‘C’, that paper now sits on display at the FedEx world headquarters.