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TIL Humans are tallest in the morning before the effects of gravity and compression of the spine occur throughout the day.

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4XPN6 TIL that dolphins have learned to use rudimentary tools. For example, mother dolphins teach their young to cover their snouts with sponges while foraging on the ocean floor. This prevents them from being stung by venomous creatures.
QJ67L TIL that the "Candy bar protest", also known as "the 5 cent chocolate war", "the 5 cent war", and "the chocolate candy bar strike", was a short-lived 1947 protest by Canadian children over the increase in price of chocolate bars from five to eight cents.
OG9ba TIL That Crosby Stills Nash and Young performed at both Woodstock 69 and 94 as well as Live Aid making them the only group to do so
x670B TIL that Violet Jessop, a courageous ship's nurse from the 20th century, miraculously survived three disastrous shipwrecks: the Olympic in 1911, the Titanic in 1912, and the Britannic in 1916.
OGKmL TIL Barefoot Doctors in China were farmers, folk healers, or young grads who received minimal medical training and brought healthcare, hygiene, and family planning to rural villages where urban-trained doctors wouldn’t go. They greatly reduced infectious disease and infant mortality in rural China.