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TIL the maximum power output of a horse is actually 14.9 horsepower

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grx08 TIL While other primates are furry, human skin is exposed to the elements. It’s not that we’re ‘naked’ – our hair is just really short over much of our bodies. In the warm places where our ancestors lived, evaporation of sweat from exposed skin was a great benefit in cooling our entire bodies.
1apy8 TIL that technically Van Zandt County, Texas is still at war with the United States of America.
vP877 TIL about kopi luwak, an expensive coffee which is made of coffee beans that have been pooped out by an animal called a civet.
9gaQ TIL “Kuru” was a real disease cannibals could catch if they at the brains of other human beings. It would form holes in their brains and cause them to laugh uncontrollably.
Mo7A TIL that most maps are lying to you about how big Africa really is. It’s so big that it can hold the US, Mexico, China, Western Europe and most of India.