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TIL that the average human body has about 75 pounds of edible meat.

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VM1MB TIL that after reuniting East and West Germany, East Germans protested the removal of their Ampelmännchen (little traffic men) resulting in one of the few positive things preserved from East German culture.
Gd61 TIL: In Cuba, a special permit is required to use the Internet and all e-mails are intricately monitored. Cuba has been listed as an “Internet Enemy” by Reporters Without Borders since the list was created in 2006.
1BD4 TIL that ExonMobil, Cheveron, and, BP were once part of Standard Oil, founded by John D. Rockefeller, before it was broken up by the US Supreme Court in 1911.
VV4m TIL a baby that was pronounced dead at birth after not breathing for 20 minutes due to a premature birth was brought back to life after laying on his Mother’s chest for 2 hours, and is currently a healthy 4 year old.
kOgyE TIL, William Harvey (1578-1657), an English physician discovered the circulation of blood when it was believed that blood oscillated in the body. For his idea, he was ridiculed and was called a "circulator". But after his death, his idea was accepted as a biological fact.