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TIL, there is such a thing as a rock climbing treadmill.

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ApDg TIL The sun’s core is so hot that a piece of it the size of a pinhead would give off enough heat to kill a person 160 kilometres (99 miles) away
X0vn6 TIL that researchers discovered that the area of the brain that communicates with the adrenal glands receives signals from the core muscles as well and that strengthening the core muscles can modulate the stressful, flight-or-fight response and help people feel less stressed.
pYwL8 TIL China has just one timezone (Beijing time) that covers the whole country. In the westernmost provinces, the sun may not rise until 10am or set until midnight. The border with Afghanistan is the greatest border time change in the world.
eXOk TIL that the Nuremberg Principals state that simply following the orders of your government does not excuse you from the consequences of violating international law
Z86bD TIL The human brain's 86 billion neurons are connected by approximately 850,000 km (530,000 miles) of axons and dendrites. To put things into perspective, the distance between Earth and Moon is only 384,000 km (240,000 miles)