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TIL that the body has no normal internal temperature and that 98.6 Fahrenheit is a flawed number based on an antiquated study

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P1QRG TIL about St. Simeon the Stylite, a Byzantine monk who lived atop a 60-foot pillar for 37 years in devotion to God.
QJLkL TIL of the Bengal Famine of 1943. Winston Churchill had food diverted away from Bengal to Europe, resulting in as many as four million Bengali deaths. His response was that Indians 'breed like rabbits anyway.'
kO1Q7 TIL of the 121 songs Billy Joel recorded, 33 (27%) of them were top 40 hits.
e0xEb TIL "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" was written in 1979 by Robert Hazard. It was written from a male's perspective. In 1983, Cyndi Lauper recorded a version of the song, ironically turning a misogynistic song into one of the most well-known feminist anthems.
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