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TIL The U.S. National Library of Medicine studied children’s posture and found sitting on the floor has a positive effect on posture (Nearly Double) compared to using a traditional chair

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16xa8 TIL the writers of Total Recall tried adapting The Minority Report into its sequel, depicting Quaid as the head of an organization that uses mutants with precognition abilities to predict and stop crimes before they happen. It was reworked into a standalone film after their company’s bankruptcy.
16rd7 TIL that Huey and Riley from Boondocks were voiced by the same woman, Regina King.
xVrE1 TIL that the flag of West Virginia is the only US State flag with crossed rifles, meant to illustrate the importance of the state's fight for liberty during the Civil War.
QJkmX TIL Human kidneys can only make urine that is less salty than salt water. Therefore, to get rid of all the excess salt taken in by drinking seawater, you have to urinate more water than you drank. Eventually, you die of dehydration even as you become thirstier.