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It all depends on the size, physical fitness and hydration of the person in question, but it’s possible to sweat buckets before heatstroke sets in and we pass out. After all, there are about three million sweat glands on the human body (the highest concentration is on our palms), and the average person aggressively working out perspires about 0.7 to 1.5 liters per hour. Theoretically, if we were attached to a treadmill and pumped full of liquids, it’s possible to keep sweating forever.

jK5E TIL George Orwell loved a cup of tea so much that in 1946 he published a guide to making it called “A Nice Cup Of Tea”.
gbD9 TIL that up to half of the people who buy vinyl records do not listen to them.
wk0M TIL Cannabis is a stimulant, depressant, and a hallucinogen all in one.
07QN TIL that in 1315, a small change in climate caused a great famine in Northern Europe which was so grim that one day even the king of England was left without bread
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