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TIL that the length of all capillaries in the human body isn't 100,000 kilometers but rather somewhere between 9,000 - 19,000

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neRpo TIL in the middle ages mainly blind people were hired as treadwheel operators on construction sites, as they would not be scared from the sheer drop sight below them. It is also considered one of the worst jobs in history, as the wheels often broke.
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Z8PKG TIL that an organism capable of producing oxygen without light was discovered in 2010. Unlike plants, algae and some photosynthetic microbes who all require light, Methylomirabilis oxyfera releases oxygen even in complete darkness.
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