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TIL 88% of the world’s population lives in the Northern Hemisphere

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P1aJJ TIL When the core body temperature inside the nose drops by 5C, our immune system cannot fight the viruses as well
4jno TIL that moisturizers don’t actually moisturize your skin, but merely prevent your skin from losing more hydration. There’s also a technical difference between creams, ointments, and lotions.
XE9Z8 TIL Katrina and the Waves -- the band best known for the lone hit, "Walking on Sunshine," in 1985 -- won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1997.
ALgg TIL that sandwiches taste better when someone else makes them because when you make your own, you anticipate its taste and become less hungry for it.
7r6eZ TIL an average sized human has 7x10^18 joules of potential energy. Enough to explode with the energy of 30 large hydrogen bombs