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TIL that there’s a construction themed park where you can operate real heavy machinery for fun

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Lk8Rm TIL That one month in lunar terms is called a "moonth' as it takes 29.53 days to orbit the earth
r8Re TIL An Israeli team of researchers invented a breathalyzer that can detect 17 different diseases, including two types of Parkinson’s, Crohn’s, multiple sclerosis, kidney disease, and cancers including lung cancer, colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, and ovarian cancer.
160w8 TIL that during the 2001 anthrax attacks, one of the biggest concerns of investigators, was ensuring that smallpox samples had not been placed in with the anthrax.
kjNg TIL In 1980 after a simple miscalculation, a drilling company accidentally punctured the roof of a salt mine on Lake Peigneur, draining 2.5 million gallons in less than 3 hours. The whirlpool was so strong it sucked barges to the bottom and reversed the Gulf of Mexico.
69Bk8 TIL Chinese youth are starting to become sexually active. A study in 2013 showed that about 24% of undergraduates had experienced premarital sexual intercourse. This was an approximately 4-fold increase than reported in 2002