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TIL Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors

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vwAj TIL Joshua Norton declared himself emperor of the United States in 1859. He gained such popularity, that the currency he created was widely accepted in San Francisco.
p8pVb TIL Both male and female sweat have the same componds but in different composition. The difference in each aroma is caused by bacterial enzymes that changes the sweat to produce the smelly compounds. Women have a more oniony fragrance while men have more of a cheesy fragrance.
l7LLa TIL Icarus is actually a story about finding the middle way between the wing-melting sun and ocean, the earliest surviving example of the "golden middle" in Ancient Greek philosophy
LQN59 TIL that particles in cosmic rays can cause the bits in your computer's RAM to flip states and we have redundant bits to stop this very phenomenon from occurring
6YJQ TIL India’s “Go Air” airline only hires female flight attendants because they are lighter, so they save up to $500,000 per year in fuel.