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TIL that some people are genetically gifted in that they can sleep for as little as 4 hours without suffering from daytime sleepiness or other consequences of sleep deprivation

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4XXx5 Taking a look at the disease in greenery
7aEP TIL Martin Van Buren (b. 1782) was the first president born a US citizen
b6laZ TIL that the popular 19th century "rain follows the plow" theory believed that agricultural activity could create a rainy climate. One variant of this theory led to widespread dynamiting of the air in the Great Plains in the 1870s to create rain clouds
xVO7 TIL only 58 people died from snake bites in Australia between 1979 and 2000 versus 46,000 per year in India.
R7Kd7 TIL building contractors and architectural engineers in Alaska have an adage when it comes to building in the Arctic or near-Arctic regions: "If it’s frozen, keep it frozen; if it’s thawed, keep it thawed".