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TIL their are no dust mites in Colorado due to the low humidity.

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Wbeo TIL that 7 of the first 8 Olympic Gold Medals in The Hammer Throw, were won by Irishmen born within a 30 mile radius of each other
e0WNg TIL Cruise lines pay almost no taxes thanks to a maritime law loophole called "flags of convenience". Despite being headquartered in Miami, RCL and NCLH have all of their ships registered in the Bahamas. CCL has all of its ships registered in Panama.
6EOEw TIL of Roy Benavidez. Whilst deployed in Vietnam, he responded to a distress call and jumped out of a helicopter with a medical bag, armed with only a knife. After a 6-hour fight with the enemy battalion, he had a total of 37 separate bullet, bayonet, and shrapnel wounds. He saved at least 8 men.
jewE TIL in a study that examined the difference in brain activity of women during real and faked orgasms, researchers inadvertantly discovered that test subjects reached orgasm 80% of the time while wearing socks versus 50% without.
nR7P TIL Grizzly bears were so feared and respected by Native Americans that hunting them required a company of 4 to 10 warriors and was done with the same preparation and ceremoniality as intertribal warfare.