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TIL that birds are the quickest species to digest alcohol, about 10 to 15 times faster than humans

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LkGWP TIL that not only does Japan have the lowest sexual frequency in the world, it is also the only country where the percentage of people who are not happy with their sex life is higher than that of those who are.
QlvE TIL special forces are trained to ignore the effects of flashbang grenades by being exposed to them from 100-200 times in training
vAl8 TIL of USAF Captain Craig Button. In 1997 he broke formation and flew his jet for almost 800 miles before crashing into a mountain. The bombs on his jet were not recovered at the crash site and no one knows what happened to the bombs or the reason for his actions.
N7X8b TIL there is an argument that The Beatles were the major influence is the downfall of the Soviet Union, in that they alienated a whole generation from their Communist motherland, becoming another religion to tens of millions of Soviet youngsters.
KOknw TIL there is more genetic diversity among those from the African continent than the rest of the world