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TIL - the average body temperature of a “healthy” human has actually dropped from 98.6 degrees to 97.5 degrees over the past 150 years

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b6mX9 TIL Pregnancy and childbirth complications are the leading cause of death among girls aged 15-19 around the world
ADajn TIL in 1986, racing legend Dale Earnhardt Sr. steered his car with his knee while sitting out of his window cause he was cleaning his windshield the middle of a race in Richmond.
Y7XZG TIL about the 100 prisoner problem, where a simple strategy can change the likelihood of success from 1 in less than 100 octillion to around 31%.
kOApg TIL that J.R.R. Tolkien had been known to (as a practical joke) dress up as an axe-wielding Anglo-Saxon warrior and chase his neighbor down the street.
1aEWV TIL that the USS Missouri, the battleship on which the Japanese Surrendered in 1945 fired tomahawks cruise missiles in the 1991 Gulf War