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TIL According to the US Government, a hotdog is considered a sandwich.

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p86m8 TIL The answer to 'how fat do you need to be to stop a bullet?' depends on the gun. A 9mm bullet from a handgun will penetrate 60cm of human fat tissue. A bullet from an AK47 can shoot through a brick wall. A morbidly obese 125kg person can have around 60cm of fat at the thickest point.
JQLl TIL the general who opened Guantanamo prison now wants it to be closed
ydAv TIL that Ytterby, a small town in Sweden, has four separate elements named after it: Yttrium, Erbium, Terbium, and Ytterbium
rNmxW TIL about promession, an unapproved green alternative to embalming where human remains are frozen, vibrated into dust, then freeze-dried.
GY5JJ TIL Detroiters are 167.8% more likely to be employed in fire fighting than the entire population of Michigan.