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TIL Michael Phelps’ lung capacity is twice that of the average human, having 12 liters compared to the average of 6.

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gM1lW TIL: People like Forrest Gump were real. In the Vietnam War, a program under LBJ, and McNamara swept through the ghettos of America looking for low IQ people to induct into the Armed Forces; in total 354000 people. Termed "McNamara's Morons" they were KIA at 3x the rate of other soldiers
epnKg TIL that the penis of a male honey bee explodes after mating with the queen. The 'pop' can even be heard by us.
A7Na TIL that leaf cutter ants do not eat leaves. They feed the leaves to a fungi within their nest and then feed off the fungi. This is an example of Mutualism, which is a type of Symbiosis.
J1X8 TIL That the term “Third World Country” does not mean poor, it refers to a country which was not aligned with either America/First World or Soviet/Second World during the Cold War.
6E4DW TIL the street Fighter movie had: spent 22% of the budget casting Jean-Claude Van Damme, a script written in one night, Kylie Minogue shoehorned in as Cammy by the Australian Actors' Guild, M. Bison with terminal cancer; which caused rushed fight training sometimes just hours before a scene was shot