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TIL a snap of the finger produces the highest rotational acceleration observed in humans

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XRLj TIL all the penicillin in the world comes from a single moldy cantaloupe in Illinois
jkDE TIL A North Carolina man who saw an SUV flip and roll on a highway, with no prior medical training, was able to provide medical aid to the victims with skills he learned from the video game America’s Army.
OoMWg TIL when world champion boxer Joe Louis voluntarily joined the U.S. Army in 1942 he was asked about his decision to enter the (then) racially segregated organisation, he replied: "Lots of things wrong with America, but Hitler ain't going to fix them."
VnDk TIL that while serving in Cyprus, a British Army Lance Corporal named Billy Windsor head-butted another solder on parade in front of dignitaries from several nations. He was charged and demoted to Fusilier, but was later reinstated, with full mess privileges. Billy Windsor is a fucking goat.
N7opQ TIL about the Peter principle, where people in a hierarchy tend to rise to their "level of incompetence"