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TIL that double reed wind instrument players were found to have lower rates of obstructive sleep apnea

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ndjW TIL there is an experimental town in India called Auroville. They have no paper or coin currency. Men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities, to realize human unity.
D18yg TIL that the words "ton" and "tonne" refer to different units of weight. A British ton, or "gross ton" is 2,240 pounds or 1,016.047 kg. A US ton, or "net ton" is equal to 2,000 pounds or 907.1847 kg. A tonne, or "metric ton" is equal to 1,000 kg.
WjOL TIL Scientists have developed a food replacement that metabolizes into solubles which are then excreted through sweat: eliminating the need to poop entirely!
me0p TIL that in 2011 a man hid in a tank of raw sewage at a yoga festival to watch women going to the bathroom. When someone spotted him he fled, covered in feces.
AN8gn TIL Jawaharlal Nehru India’s first Prime Minister started a life in politics after hearing British Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer gloating over the Jallianwala Bagh massacre on a train it was then and there he vowed to fight the British.