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TIL some planes have an extra engine that isn't used for propulsion, but instead to power other systems in the aircraft

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LkJgr TIL that the highest rates of suicide are not in Winter but instead in Spring/early Summer and are linked to inflamation caused by allergies.
OoKD4 TIL that since first being medically documented in 1609, there have been approximately 100 documented cases of Diphallia - a genetic condition in which a boy is born with two functioning penises.
j6V5X TIL there have been 256,000 unsolved homicides across the United States since 1980
epEvD TIL Howard Hughes once refused to leave a hotel room in Las Vegas. Instead of leaving, he decided to purchase the entire hotel. Hughes then expanded his holdings in the city, became the largest employer in Nevada, and was thought to be largely responsible for the modern transformation of Las Vegas.
ymQp TIL that Olympians are now allowed a modest amount of THC in blood tests. In May 2013, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) raised the in-competition threshold for marijuana tenfold, to 150 ng/ml, meaning that an athlete would have to be a “pretty dedicated cannabis consumer” to test positive.