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TIL Ancient Human populations living in the Indian subcontinent had a taller average height than modern humans living in the wealthiest developed countries

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16W7O TIL: “Miss Unsinkable” Violet Jessop survived the sinking of Titanic then survived the sinking of its sister ship Brittanic. The third sister and class namesake Olympic did not sink but Jessop was on board for its collision with a warship.
dDWQE TIL that Gore-Tex is composed of the material commercially know as Teflon. It has tiny perforations that will pass water vapour but not droplets.
N7eOb TIL of Lulu the pot bellied pig, who upon seeing her owner have a heart attack, ran into the street and played dead. When someone stopped, she led him into the house to her owner who was ultimately saved
l7QoK TIL Danie Pienaar survived the bite of a black mamba without antivenom after being bitten while tracking rhinos in South Africa in 1998. He was briefly paralyzed & put on a ventilator for 3 days, however he was released to his parents' care on the 5th day with essentially no lingering consequences.
E1V5P TIL, You lose 8 ounces of water from your body for every hour you fly That dry air saps the water from your body to the tune of about 8 ounces an hour. Which, is roughly two liters of water during a 10-hour flight (4% of your bodily water), and women can lose around 1.6 liters.