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TIL Two surfboards left behind during the filming of “Apocalypse Now” are what have birth to the Filipino surfing community

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VBvaD TIL the dry bones of the average human skeleton weigh between 6-11lb (3-5kg) - once you remove water, marrow and other "wet" substances like collagen. "Wet" the average skeleton is closer to 23lb (10-12kg).
YwEB TIL when Switzerland added a vote-by-mail option, voter turnout actually decreased in smaller cantons. Sociologists believe that in-person voting created a social pressure in smaller communities to show up at the polls, and this pressure was removed when people could claim that they voted by mail.
9VkM TIL:The U. S. Army secretly dumped 64 million pounds of nerve and mustard agents into the ocean, in at least 26 locations off both coasts - The Army can’t say exactly where all the weapons were dumped because records are sketchy, missing or were destroyed. “It’s a disaster looming — a time bomb”
OoVae TIL: The tip of a human penis has a cavity designed to make urine spiral in a stream instead of spray. It's called the navicular fossa.
8vKX TIL during the making of Grandma’s Boy, all weed smoked in the movie was real, even though they were given fake weed to smoke.