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TIL 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive WWII

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epelg TIL An Icelandic man named Felix Gretarsson, lost both his arms in a work accident. He received a double arms and shoulders transplant, which was the first of it's kind in the world.
eGen TIL the US imports 11% of its oil from Saudi Arabia and 38% of its oil from Canada
ay0o TIL that on Aug. 21, 2017, a total solar eclipse will be visible across the United States. The last total solar eclipse visible from the U.S. mainland happened on Feb. 26, 1979, but this one is different. The eclipse’s ‘path of totality’ is completely within U.S. soil for the first time since 1776.
4XEdb TIL Enron renamed themselves EOG Resources and continue to operate today
rRkL1 TIL that grasshoppers are the same insect as locusts. When forced into overcrowded areas with little food, they transform, becoming stronger, more aggressive, and swarm to eat anything in sight