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TIL the longest static wall sit is 11 hr 51 min and 14 sec. It’s held by Dr.Thienna Ho

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wBdW TIL Professor David Nutt intends to bring a safer, hangover-free version of alcohol called Alcosynth into the market
9Egr TIL that there is a limit to the amount of helium left in the world. Prices for helium have gone up significantly because of the scarcity of helium left in the world.
7gBX TIL that the eugenics movement of the United States, and the way it was enacted in California in particular, was a partial influence on the eugenics policies of Nazi Germany
j0DQ TIL all captive white tigers can be traced to a single tiger origin. Every white tiger since has been inbred again and again causing major deformities at birth. They are also not a subspecies, thus not endangered, and only kept around to bring in more money.
D9kv TIL in 1926, women in Toronto competed to produce the most babies over a 10 year period. The winner would receive the estate of a well-known lawyer/practical joker.