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TIL All three of Tom Cruise’s marriages ended when his wife was 33

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nW6jY Today I learned that Action Park had a water slide with an actual loop-the-loop that actually worked (although it was rarely operated for obvious reasons.)
oB9mA TIL Scientists routinely run naked in -100 degree (F) temperatures. They have learned they can survive about 3 minutes, and breathe through a snorkel that heats up the air so they don't freeze their lungs.
GXmj TIL When ignored by that person whose attention means the most to you, the reaction in your brain is similar to physical pain.
Mrx8 TIL: The 1918 “Spanish” flu killed more people in 24 weeks then AIDS has in 24 years, infecting 500m people and killing 10-20% of those infected.
JYbBk TIL France once bought 2,000 trains that were too wide to fit in many platforms in the country. The government has to spend millions of euros to widen many platforms in order to allow the trains to fit.