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TIL Most body fat exits the body through exhaling.
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TIL that between 1909 and 1964, more than 20,000 people California were declared “unfit to propagate” and were forced to be sterilized against their will for “race betterment”.
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TIL moths make up a large portion of Yellowstone bears’ diets, and they can eat up to 20,000 calories worth of moths in a day.
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TIL the My Lai Massacre committed by US soldiers was covered up until another soldier who had heard reports of the massacre began a campaign to bring the events to light. He didn't receive a response after writing to the government and finally gave an interview to the journalist to break the story.
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TIL Anaxagoras was one of the first to assert that the Moon reflected sunlight and did not produce light by itself; a statement translated as “the sun induces the moon with brightness” was found in his writings.
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TIL Many courses in German Universities are actually offered in English, and international students don’t even have to meet the German language requirements to apply. In Germany undergraduate students don’t pay any tuition fees in all the public universities since October 2014