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TIL black women have smaller vaginal openings than white women

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a8nWo TIL about HNoMS Pol III. With 1 cannon and 2 machine guns, this Norwegian PT boat attacked a Nazi invasion force made of 2 heavy cruisers, 1 light cruiser, 3 torpedo boats, and 8 minesweepers, rammed one of the torpedo boats, and launched flares to alert coastal defenses to the incoming invasion.
e0Nkg TIL if you climb to the altitude of 408 km from Earth, a person’s weight would be around 90% of what it would be on the ground. The ISS astronauts’ weightlessness is not because “space has no gravity”. Their weightlessness is due to them being in a free fall, constantly accelerating towards Earth.
GYBlE TIL that it is not allowed to be buried in Svalbard. Due to the permafrost, the bodies do not decompose, and any viruses or diseases they are carrying are also preserved. If the permafrost melts, the bodies can be pushed out the ground, where it is possible to infect people again.
pmlO TIL I learned that a financial investigator proved mathematically that Bernie Madoff was a fraud in 2000, 9 years before his pyramid scheme collapsed
GA4BE TIL that Sergeant Stubby, a stray dog found by U.S. soldiers in WWI, became the most decorated war dog of the war. He warned troops of gas attacks, found wounded soldiers, and even captured a German spy. He was promoted to sergeant and later met three U.S. presidents