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TIL Al Roker and Lenny Kravitz are second cousins.

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Mj1A TIL that the sharp, sudden pain in the left side if your chest that hurts more when you breathe is called “Precordial Catch”
8aMjP TIL There is an active volcano in Colorado, USA that last erupted around the same time as the pyramids were being built in Egypt.
ZQwG TIL 1/3rd of people in developed countries are infected with the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, which causes lower reaction times, higher testosterone production, and more masculine/dominant faces. It is believed that it changes its host to increase the probability transmission to a new host.
oeJA TIL that in 1941, a British physicist guessed the major technical specifications of a Nazi bomber radio guidance system based solely on its code name, “Wotan”, and created effective countermeasures before it was even deployed.
VMk9G TIL fishing nets account for 46 percent of the trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the majority of the rest composed of other fishing industry gear, including ropes, oyster spacers, eel traps, crates, and baskets.