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TIL there is a hotel in Sweden with all the rooms up in trees.

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9w44G TIL indigenous bolivians in the Andes have evolved to be arsenic resistant due the strong presence of AS3MT enzyme in their bodies that can metabolize the toxic element which is naturally found in drinking water.
VMgXp TIL After a certain depth under water your lungs are compressed to a point where you are no longer buoyant and will sink to the bottom unless you have something to hold on to
gEVW TIL Police lights flash in such a way that your eyes/brain can never “get used to them”, so they’ll always be noticeable and catch your attention.
J1PGj TIL about the “other 9/11”, the 1973 Chilean coup d'état, which was supported by the CIA.
E1BL7 TIL that Newton’s development of the Universal Law of Gravity over 300 years ago led at least indirectly to the ending of the practice of burning witches in Europe