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VLd4 TIL Arnold Schwarzenegger once went to military prison because he went AWOL in order to compete in Junior Mr. Europe.
a80WN TIL that manatees use their farts to swim. They hold in their gas to help them get closer to the surface of the ocean, and then expel it to help them travel back down to the bottom.
bElN TIL that worker productivity starts to decrease after working more than 50 hours a week, then decreases sharply after working more than 55 hours a week to the point that working 70 hours produces nothing more than those who work 15 hours less.
b9GXZ TIL Conan, a military dog who took part in the raid on Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was named after Conan O'Brien. He chased after Baghdadi before Baghdadi detonated his suicide vest.
jN4lN TIL scientists discovered the specific molecule in bees' royal jelly (which worker bees feed to larvae) that aids wound healing, called "defensin-1". Compared to a control, a royal jelly trial & a pure defensin-1 promoted healing of wounds on rats.