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TIL that replacing metal wires and cabling with fiber optics will reduce the weight of United State’s next tank (M1A3) by 2 tons.

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X7eD TIL that nearly 40% of people of East Asian decent lack the enzymes to properly metabolize alcohol.
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yVG08 TIL that In 1315, King Louis X passed a decree that abolished slavery and proclaimed that "France signifies freedom". The decree entailed that any slave setting foot on French ground should be freed
eYNb TIL that there is a one-room hotel near Antwerp Belgium that is a gigantic scale model of a human colon and anus. Originally created as a work of art, it is realistic in every way including color, veins and a gigantic puckered sphincter.