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TIL: Humidity levels can rise in the summer through “Corn Sweat” which is water evaporating from corn plants

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YpNkx TIL Vitali Kaloyev, a Russian Architect who lost his family when the airliner they were flying in collided mid air with a cargo plane. He stalked and later murdered an air traffic controller he blamed for the incident.
WkeQd TIL Quincy Jones attended his own funeral in 1974 after he recovered from a brain aneurysm
VMZ6B TIL when The Hollies released "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother" in 1969, the song got up to #3 in the charts. However, after the song was used in a Miller Lite ad in 1988, it managed to reach the #1 spot and stay there for two weeks.
0w1oy TIL that most mammals take 12 seconds to poop, no matter their size. Larger animals have bigger feces, but also excrete more mucus, accelerating defecation. It is speculated speedy voiding is helpful in avoiding predators.
0wwN TIL: that a group of developers spent 8 years Recreating Streets Of Rage. The game had over 100 levels, 19 playable characters, and 76 remixed songs. Sega shut it down a week after it was released.