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TIL that Bic pen caps have a hole to reduce the risk of suffocation if accidentally inhaled.

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4k1kN TIL from a 2014 paper that the majority of weight loss occurs via breathing: "According to researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia, when weight is lost, the majority of it is breathed out as carbon dioxide."
1agP4 TIL: pumpernickel bread is derived from the Baviarian word "pumpern" (flatulence) and "nickel" (goblin or devil), so it is "devil's fart" bread
v1Xr TIL Biocentrism is the theory that life creates the universe: space and time are merely tools of the human (and animal) mind.
VMKVk TIL a sloth can hold its breath for up to 40 minutes. 4 times longer than a dolphin. They sleep for 15 hours a day and internal organs like the heart, spleen and liver are arranged to accommodate living upside down.The grip of a sloth is so strong when they die they sometimes remain hanging on trees
4XNgN TIL that because Pluto’s orbit is so elliptical, it is actually closer to the sun than Neptune for 20 years every 248 years