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TIL Eating cold or light meals in the summer heat might seem like a good idea, but your body actually uses more energy to digest it! So it's better to have a full, hot meal!

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od5L TIL if we lose 10kg (22lbs) of fat, 8.4kg (18.5lbs) turns into carbon dioxide which is exhaled when we breathe, while 1.6kg (3.5lbs) turns to water that is excreted through urine, tears, sweat
D1kxD TIL that not only does a cat grow a whole ass litter of kittens in around 9 weeks, but a lioness grows a whole ass litter of whole ass lion cubs in around 16 WEEKS!!!!!!
yVbdM TIL there's a traditional Filipino dish that is technically illegal to prepare.
KDGw TIL that when asked by his generals on his deathbed on who should succeed him, Alexander the Great may have said the name of one of his generals, “Krateros”. But because Krateros wasn’t around, the generals may have chosen to hear “Kratistos” or “To the strongest.”
QN7yE TIL the Geographic Center of the contiguous states of the U.S is about 2 miles northwest of Lebanon, Kansas. It was officially established by the U.S Geological Survey and is a point where a plane map of the 48 states would balance if it were of uniform thickness.