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TIL about helium-3, an abundant and safe fusion power fuel found in the moon

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e0p7E TIL that your nose runs when you cry because of canals leading from your eyes to your nose, draining the water that way when you blink.
WkjRo TIL that Subway's BMT sandwich stands for "Biggest, Meatiest, Tastiest"
BJgx TIL the brain takes 13 milliseconds to process an image. In other words, you live at a ping of 13.
GAorJ TIL when the Eiffel Tower was proposed, anglers in Paris feared that the tower would discharge lightning into the Seine and kill all the fish
N7pmM TIL Cremating a single body requires enough fuel to fill two SUV fuel tanks.