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TIL that in the US men make up 92% of workplace deaths

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7BDL TIL that young Greek hoplites (citizen soldiers) had to dress in heavy armor and run a foot race of 1,300 ft in the Olympics. This was done to develop the battlefield tactic of rushing to the Persian lines in rapid pace so as to counter their archers.
neyXo TIL that Series 2 of the British sitcom Dad's Army has three episodes and two Christmas specials missing. This was because the BBC wiped them and reused the video tape to save money and storage.
8eyl8 TIL Split-Brain Experiments by Sperry and Gazzaniga showed in patients with severed corpus callosums (to treat severe epilepsy), the two hemispheres were unable to communicate. The experiment showed consciousness can “split” into two separate streams within the same person.
Ood94 TIL there is a daisy that makes your mouth feel like it is being electrocuted
xVyXb TIL In four years at West Point, General Custer amassed a record-total of 726 demerits, one of the worst conduct records in the history of the academy, and finished at the bottom of his class