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TIL you have to run 4+ miles (6.8kms) to burn off the calories from a single can of Coke

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JyYQ TIL in 1992 a South Carolina man tied his wife’s hands and feet with rope, covered her mouth and eyes with duct tape, turned on a video camera, and raped her. At his trial, the man testified, “No, I didn’t rape my wife. How can you rape your own wife?” The jury took less than an hour to acquit him
OooLX TIL Marie Curie was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, still is the only woman to hold two Nobel Prizes, and her daughter also won a Nobel Prize.
GYZ57 TIL About a 15,600-year old human footprint discovered in southern Chile that is believed to be the oldest ever found in the Americas
R4a4 TIL the poverty line in America was designed assuming every family had a housewife who was a skillful cook.
5Y4DP TIL that in the 70s, George Lucas wanted to direct a Flash Gordon movie. When he couldn't secure the rights, he created Star Wars instead.