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TIL: ‘Born in the USA’ was 1st CD Made in the US

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01YM TIL cats’ kidneys are so efficient they can rehydrate with seawater.
VB0Ek TIL that a combustion engine in a car running at 4000rpm will consume ~ 0.2 liters of gasoline per minute, and a staggering 10,000 liters of air per minute.
YjwG TIL over 22 million chickens are eaten in the US every day.
xomD TIL When King Charles II of Navarre was deathly ill, his physician ordered him to be wrapped and sewn into bed sheets that had been pre-soaked in brandy. A careless servant used a candle to burn the loose thread away, which set fire to the cloth and burned the king alive.
9dE7 TIL a Nepalese Sherpa climbed to the summit of Mount Everest from base camp in just over 8hrs.