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TIL Peace Corps Now Allow Same-Sex Couples To Serve Openly

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vPm1L TIL that turtles survive car hits and can suffer for weeks on the road before eventually dying. :(
1voD TIL wikipedia has a list of aircraft, aviators or air passengers who have disappeared in flight, since 1856, for reasons that have never been definitely determined.
od5L TIL if we lose 10kg (22lbs) of fat, 8.4kg (18.5lbs) turns into carbon dioxide which is exhaled when we breathe, while 1.6kg (3.5lbs) turns to water that is excreted through urine, tears, sweat
16D6P TIL that the longest indie film is over 850 hours long
neAPP TIL according to the payroll records of the French monasteries, a significant minority of the names were female. The medieval church was sexist, but women as well as men built the cathedrals.