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TIL in terms of endurance, there is no living animal that can beat a human; basic human biology makes humans the ultimate runners

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EgDeo TIL depression is the most common psychiatric disorder associated with kleptomania
XE0mR TIL military planners expected as many as 400 times the casualties that were suffered during D-Day in 1944 for the Allied landing on Japan. The operation was canceled by the atomic bombs and the Japanese surrender.
x4w5 TIL that after Union troops executed his sons and placed their severed heads on the gate-posts of his home, Jack Hinson, who was previously neutral, went on a one-man killing spree and sniped dozens of Union soldiers, at ranges up to ½ mile+, with a custom-made Kentucky Long Rifle.
OgNL TIL In the 1950s Mickey Mouse sold speed to Africa
X0oj TIL Fahrenheit remains the official scale of the United States, Cayman Islands and Belize. That’s just 3 of 196 countries in the world.