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TIL dead skin cells are a main ingredient in household dust

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ep8OE TIL in 1980 both South Koreans and North Koreans had an average life expectancy of 65 years, whereas in 2015, South Koreans' average life expectancy was 82 years compared to just 70 years for North Koreans.
MKPV TIL that a convicted sex offender in Northern Ireland argued he was too fat to serve a prison sentence. The court agreed and suspended his sentence.
4X8Yg TIL that in physics, acceleration is the change in velocity(speed), jerk is the change in acceleration, jounce(snap) is the change in jerk, crackle is the change in jounce and pop is the change in crackle.
l7vB7 TIL scientists from Newcastle University discovered that honeybees become 'pessimistic' after being shaken vigorously for 60 seconds.
ADloo TIL that they hit dead popes in the head with a hammer, just to make sure.