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TIL When a baby is born, its body is made up of 78% water. By its first year, the number drops to 65%.

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b9MGE TIL of Project West Ford, a semi-successful Cold War attempt to construct an artificial ionosphere comprised of space needles in Earth's orbit to assist in military communications.
Arjx TIL Canadian child killer Peter Woodcock was given intense treatment over many years, deemed safe, and given a weekend pass.Within an hour he had murdered somebody. Claimed treatment “served only to make him more adept at manipulating others”
LkkDQ TIL of Leo Major, a French Canadian soldier, one of three Commonwealth soldiers to receive the Distinguished Conduct Medal twice in two separate wars - the first for single-handedly liberating the City of Zwolle in WWII; the second for defending Hill 355 with 18 men against 14 000 Chinese in Korea.
xgL7 TIL that population density and political preference go hand in hand; people living in high density areas tend to vote liberal whereas people living in low density areas tend to vote conservative.
d8Qgr TIL there is a warm-blooded plant called the Voodoo Lilly that smells like rotting meat.