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TIL paraplegics and quadriplegics often cannot sweat below the level of the spinal cord injury. They have to actively control their body temperature

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xJ9b TIL that a Japanese innkeeper accused a student of stealing the fumes of his cooking. The judge resolved the matter ruling that the price of the smell of food is the sound of money.
M7bbA TIL that there was an African Roman Emperor by the name of Lucius Septimius Severus in Ancient Roman History. He was born in what is now, present day ‘Libya’, in the African continent.
DQXnj TIL the Scythian Philosopher Anacharsis said some 2,500 years ago: "Laws are spider-webs, which catch the little flies, but cannot hold the big ones"
Rwm4 TIL 2 Chainz asked permission to sample Lehrer’s “The Old Dope Peddler”. Lehrer responded, “As sole copyright owner of ‘The Old Dope Peddler’, I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?”
VZom TIL Oxygen is by far the most common element in the earth’s crust comprising almost half its weight.