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TIL that females on average have lighter skin than males so they can absorb more vitamin D and calcium used for breast milk

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9Yk4G TIL of Jonathan Capewell, who died from a heart attack caused by the buildup of butane and propane in his blood after excessive use of deodorant sprays. He accidentally inhaled large amounts over time, as he reportedly had an obsession with personal hygiene.
0AXM TIL a German mathematician spent a decade writing a 200 page manuscript about drawing a regular 65537 sided polygon with a compass and a straightedge
NRm8 TIL a soldier posted on Peleliu in 1944 craved ice-cream so much that together with aircraft engineers put a can filled with milk onto the underside of each wing tip of their planes, attaching a stirring shaft to a wind-driven propeller and then taking off. They made 100 portions of ice every day.
D1bWj TIL there's been fish fossils discovered high up in the Himalayas
VMZx0 TIL that the first person to be voted out of the first version of Survivor committed suicide a month after going home.