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TIL there's 20-40x less oxygen in water than air.
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TIL that French opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq caused some American restaurants to rename French Fries to "Freedom fries"
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TIL Edgar Whisenant, former NASA engineer, wrote a multi-million-copies-sold book about the Rapture happening in 1988. When it didn't, he wrote another one about it happening in 1989, then 1993, and finally in 1994. His predictions were unsuccessful.
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TIL Antonio Pigafetta was an Italian tourist who joined Magellan’s historic circumnavigation around the world. Magellan himself was killed, and only 18 crew members survived, including Pigafetta — his surviving journal is where most of the information about the voyage comes from.
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TIL that, while public nudity in Ancient Greek society was not uncommon, exposure of the penis head was seen as extremely undignified, with many athletes choosing to tie their foreskin shut using a leather strap during events.
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TIL that the UK had just one certified Rectal Teaching Assistant who allowed students to explore his anus. In 2016, he lost his job to a robotic anus after scientists at imperial invented an ultra realistic anus.