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TIL a blue whale can consume as many calories in a single moutful as an average person consumes in roughly 180 days

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OoVGa TIL there's a 12% increase in the risk of fatal automobile accidents at 4:20 pm on 4/20.
rLx0 TIL in 2011 a Gurkha single-handedly held off 12 Taliban as they attacked his base. Alone on the roof, he fought ‘an onslaught of rocket-propelled grenades and AK-47s’. He fired over 400 rounds, launched 17 grenades and detonated a mine. After his gun failed, he threw his tripod to fend a man off.
OGbMR TIL Tuberculosis is listed as the oldest contagious disease to affect humans by the Guinness World Records
yQDLa TIL in Italy, it's very common for dwarfs to undergo painful limb lengthening surgery (that involves repeatedly breaking bones and pulling them apart over the course of 2-3 years) due to societal pressure. 90% of Italian dwarfs undergo the procedure (in the rest of Europe, the rate is around 8%).
b6JDj TIL In the early 1900s, Sicilian immigrant, citrus grower and visionary Baldassare Forestiere began turning what was useless farmland into a vast network of rooms, tunnels and courtyards as a subterranean escape from the sweltering Central Valley summer heat.