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TIL that, in a resting state, the brain consumes about 20% of the body's energy. The sight and hearing parts of the brain consume far more energy than parts used for smell and memory. Also, white matter only uses 20-25% of energy as gray matter.

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wLPRo TIL that the reason large cuts of meat like port and brisket "stall" (stay at the same temperature, sometimes for hours) while being smoked is because they are "sweating" and water evaporation is cooling them as fast as heat is being added.
XEj1D TIL the estimated death toll of the Massacre at Huế during the Vietnam War was between 2,800 and 6,000 civilians and prisoners of war, or 5–10% of the total population of Huế. Victims were found bound, tortured, and sometimes buried alive. Many victims were also clubbed to death
M4GV TIL in 2005, a woman performing her first solo skydive jump of 10000 ft survived a parachute malfunction which caused her to slam face first into a parking lot at 50 MPH. During surgery doctors discovered she was pregnant. She made a full recovery and the baby was fine.
9wDDr TIL John C. Woods, the U.S. Army hangman at Nuremberg, lied about being an executioner and botched multiple hangings, leaving Nazis to die slow, agonizing deaths. He bragged about his work, survived alleged assassination attempts, and later died mysteriously by electrocution in the Marshall Islands.
e0lpL TIL that in Western Australia there is a giant abandoned American military base that is a slice of 60’s Americana. Bowling alleys, baseball fields and signs telling you to drive on the right hand side of the road.