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TIL when performing a push-up, you support about 69% of your bodyweight in the up position, and about 75% in the down position.

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GARPJ TIL about the Pulsed energy projectile (PAP). A non lethal technology that can could induce cold burn feelings and other forms of painful sensations. Due to public fear of using it aa a torture tool that wouldn't leave any physical evidence, a U.S military program was discontinued.
Gwj TIL there is a fish that has the dental characteristics of a human and has killed people by chewing their testicles off.
XEV9j TIL of the Giantess of Nova Scotia, Anna Bates, who was 7 foot 11 inches (2.4m) tall. She joined a traveling circus and met her husband, Martin Bates, who stood 7ft 7.5in (2.3m) and together they had a 23lb 9oz baby, the largest ever recorded.
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