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TIL that medieval peasants received more vacation time than the average American. Their workdays also included time for leisurely meals and an afternoon nap.

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JYBav TIL you steadily "dry out" as you age. A newborn human baby is 75 percent water, adult men are about 60 percent, adult women 55 percent, and elderly people are roughly half.
WWdN TIL there is a town in Alaska which has 220 residents who live in the same 14 story building which includes a school, hospital grocery store and a church.
5YE8P TIL about the "Squirrel Cage Jail" in Iowa, a three-story rotary jail that actually turned (and could cut off your limbs if you hung them out of the cage when it turned). It took five minutes for it make one revolution.
epP5k TIL about the Returning soldier effect: a phenomenon which suggests that more boys are born during and immediately after wars.
Y7jWW TIL that the Lake St. Louis, Missouri fire department displays “Keep Back 343 Feet” on the back of their fire trucks not only as a safety reminder, but specifically in remembrance of the 343 firefighters lost on 9/11.