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TIL 44% of Americans can’t swim

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KmvG TIL India has more people using the Internet than the entire population of the United States
9YOV7 TIL In 2014, Walter Williams was pronounced dead. Paperwork was completed, he was put in a body bag and taken to a funeral home. When he was taken to the embalming room, his legs began to move and the coroner noticed him lightly breathing. He was still alive. Two weeks later he died for real.
9wVdD TIL the placenta develops from cells that originate from the embryo, and has the same DNA as the fetus. So eating the placenta is technically eating parts of the baby.
0wDaA TIL that there have been reports of "Earthquake lights" dating back to 869, where lights are said to appear in the sky near areas of tectonic stress, seismic activity or volcanic eruptions. Although skeptics will point to the lack of confirmed documentation
78DEZ TIL that during the Cold War, the U.S. once accidentally dropped a nuclear bomb on North Carolina. Although it failed to detonate, it was later revealed that only a single safety switch prevented a catastrophic explosion.