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TIL fungi (i.e mushrooms, yeast, mould) are more closely related to us humans than to plants

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O6R6 TIL Jim Lovell said in his book that if the Apollo 13 crew stayed still long enough when the electricity shut off, their body heat would form a cocoon of warm air around them. With everything shut down as much as possible he said even a slight movement would destroy the layer of heat.
YpoaP TIL about Tom Garvey, who lived in secret apartment at Philadelphia's Veterans Stadium from 1979 to 1981. When the stadium was empty he would roller skate around the concourse, smoke pot in the dugout and have friends over for parties.
VMQm0 TIL In WW2, the USA and UK combined only lost 790,000 men, wheres the Soviets lost as many as 11,400,000 with Germany at 5,300,000 and the Chinese has the 3rd highest losses at 4,000,000.
W7RMA TIL in the aftermath of the 1912 Regina Cyclone, where a tornado touched down in Regina, Saskatchewan, killing 28 people, a touring theatrical troupe who'd stopped there helped rebuild after the event, one of whom was a young actor named Boris Karloff.
l7paG TIL that veterinarians used 3D printing to replace part of a cat’s skull in 2019 (the cat made a full recovery)