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TIL Banging your head against a wall burns 150 calories an hour.

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R5YJj TIL the British Empire banned slave trading in 1807 and used the Royal Navy to enforce it. Any ship caught with enslaved people onboard would be fined £100 a head. As a result, captains often ordered them thrown overboard to avoid the fine whenever they saw Royal Navy ships approaching.
NEA6 TIL that the “power up mushroom” sound from Super Mario Bros. is essentially the same as the “flagpole” song but condensed into 1 second.
BrD8x TIL Crowing first at dawn is a privilege reserved for the highest ranking rooster.
N7JyE TIL: Given their lack of empathy, psychopaths are not susceptible to contagious yawning, according to a study conducted in 2015 at Baylor University
v1vRx TIL that in 2015 the city of Melbourne gave email addresses to trees so locals could report problems. Instead, people wrote thousands of "love letters" to their favorite trees.