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KY6b4 TIL that the Ark of the Covenant, if constructed as described in the Bible, would actually function as an electrical capacitor storing and discharging static electricity
yQOXe TIL modern studies do not show any association between saturated fat and higher risk of death for any reason (cardiovascular disease, heart attack, stroke, etc.) but they do show up to a 34% increase in death associated with unsaturated industrial plant oil-based fats such as margarine
R5jl8 TIL the density of Phobos, the larger and closer moon of Mars, suggests 25-35% of its volume is empty space
RXV1 TIL the the Civil War cost 620,000 American lives, more than this country’s other wars combined, from the Revolution through Vietnam. That was about 2% of the population; if it happened now, historians estimate, the equivalent number of dead would total 6 million.
jPwj TIL that sales of vinyl records have increased since 1993 and continue to increase.