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TIL the human head has enough oxygen to stay completely conscious for ten seconds after decapitation

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oRmO7 TIL US Space Force members are called 'Guardians' and they are organized into 'Deltas'
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Y7PVd TIL About Medals4Mettle, which re-ribbons your old medals and awards them to kids fighting diseases like cancer.
e0mNk TIL that the Iceman was the 19th century equivalent of the milkman or mailman having affairs with lonely housewives. There was even a hit Vaudeville song “How’d You Like to Be the Iceman?” and a peep show with a housewife kissing an ice delivery man.
eplZJ TIL that the Yakuza, Japan's crime organisations, have been involved in disaster relief efforts after major events like 2011 Tōhoku earthquake, often distributing supplies more efficiently than official channels. They are also known to open their offices as emergency shelters for the displaced.