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TIL that your brain alone accounts for 20-25% of your daily metabolic rate/oxygen consumption due to how large it is

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GWXG TIL every year in the mekong river in Thailand, hundreds of fireballs erupt from the surface of the water, and nobody knows what causes them. locals believe a mythical serpent called Naga spits fire from the water. The event is known as Naga fireballs.
kR0e TIL US Ensign Chester Nimitz was court-martialed and reprimanded for grounding a destroyer in 1908. He would become Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet during WWII, and Chief of Naval Operations after the war.
nWmYr TIL that 8 percent of Muslim Americans have attempted suicide, compared to 4 percent of Americans of other religions
W7oRA TIL roughly 1% of static on an analog TV is direct light residue from the Big Bang
wLyY1 TIL: Mistletoe, commonly seen during Christmas with people kissing under it, is a parasitic plant that kills trees and produces poisonous berries.