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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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1aJA4 TIL Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth, was born into both the Danish and Greek Royal Families and is the oldest ever male member of the British Royal Family at 96. He retired from royal duties last year after completing 22,219 solo engagements since 1952.
0w1oy TIL that most mammals take 12 seconds to poop, no matter their size. Larger animals have bigger feces, but also excrete more mucus, accelerating defecation. It is speculated speedy voiding is helpful in avoiding predators.
kJlVE TIL the largest spider ever recorded was a goliath bird-eating spider measured at a leg span of 11 inches (about the size of a dinner plate) in 1965
ko7d TIL that in mid-2001, FEMA declared the three likeliest, most catastrophic disasters facing the U.S. to be a hurricane in New Orleans, a massive earthquake in San Francisco, and a terrorist attack in New York City.
9wvE6 TIL Yamaha has been one of the leading piano manufacturers since the 1950's. They began building engines for propellors and airplanes during World War II. After the war, Yamaha used the new technology to build their first motorcycle engine, thus introducing Yamaha Motors to Yamaha Music.