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TIL that human cells make up only 43% of the body's total cell count.

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xVg07 TIL that many of the guards who oversaw war criminals at Nuremburg were former Waffen S.S soldiers...
jNGWM TIL Jack Fishman, co-created naloxone in 1961, but it was not widely used for decades. He died in 2013 before seeing the full impact of the crisis and how his invention saved so many lives
rRaY1 TIL that more civilians died in the battle of Stalingrad than the nuclear attacks on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
lolyK TIL Karl Marx once participated in a London pub crawl. After 18 pubs he and his friends started throwing rocks at street lamps - at which point he was chased by 4 policemen who he managed to outrun.
a8Vly TIL that "Tunnel of Love" rides were popular at Amusement Parks in the early 20th century because they were one of the only socially acceptable opportunities for couples to be alone together on a date and share physical contact. In 1950, there were over 700 in the USA. Now there are less than 10.