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TIL the average person loses around .14 grams of fecal matter when they get into a pool or hot tub.

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EgvMX TIL in 1995, a military factory exploded near Rio Tercero city in Argentina, sending a shell storm that killed seven people and injured over 300, and destroyed parts of the city. It was discovered that the explosion was deliberate to hide evidence of smuggling weapons to other countries.
ZpMJR TIL that Spitting Cobras emerged in the fossil record around the same time as early humans. It is speculated that the reason these snakes spray venom is because of the pressure humans in particular put on them. The spraying of venom from a distance countered the humans' use of projectile weapons.
DkdJ TIL Sid Meier did not include multiplayer in the original Civilization because be believed: “if you had friends, you wouldn’t need to play computer games”
gMX57 TIL That Snoop Dogg tried to rent out the entire country of Lichenstein for a music video, but was rejected
evN4 TIL of the graphite bomb, a non-lethal weapon that can be delivered via warhead causing failure in electrical power systems by spreading a cloud of fine carbon particles that encourage arcing and short-circuiting between power lines.