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TIL Archimedes’ estimate for the number of grains of sand sufficient to fill the then known universe was 10^63 grains of sand

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9YEXM TIL wild hogs are immune to most poisonous snakes.
xGJk TIL Judge Denny Chin received no letters of support for Bernie Madoff’s character, and chose to sentence him to the maximum sentence of 150 years
xGp7 TIL only 9 US military officers have held the 5-star rank. It was created during WW2 because US officers were often commanding allied officers of higher rank. A 5-star officer cannot retire and remains on active duty for life. It was retired in 1981 on the death of General Omar Bradley.
y1vv TIL of the Rule of 3’s regarding the human body’s basic needs: You will die if you go without oxygen for 3 minutes, water for 3 days, or food for 3 weeks - though there are exceptions to this rule.
D1vnJ TIL about Navy airmen Frank O'Flaherty and Bruno Gaido. They were captured by the Japanese during the battle of Midway. Only after the end of the war was it discovered that they were interrogated on board the destroyer Mikagumo, then had weights tied to them and were pushed overboard to their deaths