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TIL: Hypothermia victims may do paradoxical undressing before losing consciousness. On the skin constricted blood vessels suddenly dilates and produce a sensation of extreme heat.

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gr0yy TIL of the Rio Negro Bridge at Manaus, Brazil, a huge and expensive bridge that is the only crossing point of the Amazon or any major tributary. It has been called "a quintessential bridge to nowhere" and does absolutely nothing to connect Manaus to Brazil's road network
oRZQW TIL: Faulty calculations of a doctors surplus led U.S. medical schools to put a moratorium on enrollment between 1980 and 2005. During that time, the US population grew 70 million, but the number of medical school graduates stayed at 16,000 yearly.
KOxBR TIL that the daily rum ration given to sailors in the Royal Navy was only stopped in 1970.
8aOeL TIL of Oymyakon - the coldest village on earth. The lowest temperature was recorded in January 1924 of −71.2 °C (−96.2 °F). It is known as "The Pole of the Cold". Food includes the frozen raw Arctic fish, white salmon, whitefish, frozen raw horse liver, but they are considered to be delicacies.
b9NOp TIL that Ben Franklin was involved in the first fraternal hazing death in America. In 1737 a man died after flaming liquid was thrown on him in a mock initiation at the Philadelphia Masonic Temple. Franklin, a Freemason, was a witness, and the perpetrator was found guilty of manslaughter and branded