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TIL that F1 drivers lose approximately 2 to 3 kilograms of their weight during a race due to sweating

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kOwGW TIL the Hawaii state flag has existed in its current form since the islands were a monarchy, and was commissioned by King Kamehameha to resemble both the US and UK flag in order to avoid being dragged by either side into the War of 1812
EgG6x TIL that due to Woody Harrelson's raw vegan lifestyle, the Twinkies in the movie "Zombieland", in which he plays a character with an affinity for the treat, were replaced with vegan faux-Twinkies made from cornmeal.
jb8R TIL that John F Kennedy ordered 1,200 Cuban cigars just hours before signing the trade embargo in 1962.
Z8JG TIL no Los Angeles police officers have died in the line of duty in almost 4 years
7ryNP TIL in the book "Gulliver's Travels", the laputans, scientists who live on a magnetically levitating island, discovered two moons of Mars. This was 150 years before we actually discovered Mars had moons.