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TIL that Termites can produce Hydrogen

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wojQE TIL Low-income men are less likely to be ever married than men in the same age group overall (41 percent versus 50 percent).
x6yM1 TIL that five of the six highest wind speeds ever observed in a tornado occurred in Oklahoma and two of those even occurred on the same day.
lo6EK TIL that during the Mariner 4 Mars mission in 1964, the scientists were so eager to see the first ever close up images of another planet that they printed out the numerical data and hand colored it with crayons instead of waiting for a processed image.
O5b7 TIL If a goose gets sick or is wounded while flying a couple of other geese may drop out of formation to help and protect him. They will try to stay with the disabled goose until he dies or is able to fly again.
lDZ1 TIL that China produces 73% of all of the world’s watermelons, and 17.5 times more than the next most productive country, Turkey.