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TIL: The federal government is by far the largest employer of veterans in the United States

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GYMv4 TIL human anus are covered by cells similar to those in our mouth. Hence why spicy foods can burn down there just as much as in mouth.
e0yL TIL Angel Falls in Venezuela is so high that the water often evaporates before it can land.
Mmjm TIL: Enceladus, Saturn’s 6th moon, has a warm ocean at its southern pole with ongoing hydrothermal activity—the first ever discovered outside of Earth. This is the most life-friendly habitat ever discovered outside of Earth.
M7rRa TIL a typical camel can drink 53 gallons (200 liters) of water in three minutes.
ANaAo TIL The seemingly nonsense phrase 'Fee-fi-fo-fum' from the Giant in Jack and the Beanstalk is likely a sentence in ancient Gaelic meaning "Behold food, good to eat, sufficient for my hunger!" The phrase is atleast several hundred years old and is referenced by Nashe and Shakespeare.