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TIL that the Moon is slowing down the Earth's rotation
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TIL that uterus prolapse can occur in women when the pelvic floor muscles weaken causing the uterus to descend into or even outside the vaginal canal. This condition can be caused by childbirth, aging, hormonal imbalance, chronic coughing or heavy lifting and can become fatal.
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TIL Antarctic explorer Lawrence Oates sacrificed his life for his crew by walking to his death in −40 °F. His last words were “I am just going outside and may be some time.”
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TIL McDonalds has sold over 100 billion burgers, selling to 68 million people per day, which is more than the entire population of the UK. They sell 75 hamburgers per second globally.
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TIL: Self replicating probes or spacecraft, also called Von Neumann probes was a concept theorized by the mathematician. He argued that this is the most efficient method of space exploration/mining as they can adapt. The concept has been used in various media such as Mass Effect, Star Trek, etc.
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TIL Zach Galifianakis had a two-week trial run as a writer on “SNL” before being let go. He wrote a sketch with Will Ferrell being the bodyguard of Britney Spears’s belly button that bombed so bad in the writer’s room that Tina Fey put her hand on his shoulder to comfort him.