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TIL that US military suicides surpassed combat deaths in 2012

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mp8x TIL Tony Stark owns Area 51 in the Marvel comics.
Bvnk TIL that Yuri Gagarin’s heart was beating at 64 beats per minute just half an hour before the launch that would bring him to space. 64 BPM is lower than the average person’s pulse just after waking up in the morning
wL0kY TIL that 10-35% of people share the same genetic trait that makes us having to sneeze when looking towards the sun
rRjre TIL: The reason we have knee caps and not elbow caps is because knees are under a lot of stress from walking upright, and the kneecap is there to help maintain the knee’s movement and ability to flex in the correct manner
graky TIL of St Clair’s Defeat of 1791, when British armed Native Americans inflicted one of the worst ever defeats on the US Military.