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TIL Humans have 16 more senses than sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch. They include balance, temperature, hunger and pain.

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a87k0 TIL Singapore’s constitution requires the President to have experience as a minister - or as CEO of a large, profitable company.
KYvkQ TIL red blood cells don’t have mitochondria or a nucleus
bm7a TIL Benedict Cumberbatch and Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield are cousins
Mjmb TIL the story that NASA spent $1 million on a space pen while the soviets simply used a pencil is false. The pen was developed by a private company without any taxpayer dollars and NASA simply became a client afterwards.
p8KWN TIL that Oktoberfest often has the majority of its days in September because the festival is usually 16 days long and its last day is traditionally on the 1st Sunday in October. In years where that day falls before October 3rd, it is extended to commemorate German Unity Day.