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TIL that at our fastest, we are traveling 2.7 million MPH through space.

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4kg0o TIL US vehicle safety ratings (NCAP) don't factor in the survival of anyone else involved in the crash.
7rQwO TIL of cardiac surgeon Michael DeBakey, who developed MASH hospitals and many new surgical techniques, including the first treatment for aortic dissection. In 2005, he suffered an aoertic dissection and his life was saved by the surgery he invented.
OGGK6 TIL that Lobsters live intricate social lives when lobsters communicate , they squirt each other in the face with urine .
gKP4 TIL That all blue eyed people are all related due to an Ancestor who had genetically mutated blue eyes around 10,000 years ago near the black sea.
oBwoE TIL there is a Sake in Japan called Kuchikamizake made out of the saliva of virginal girls and rice.