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TIL almost all the weight thats removed when you lose weight exits out your nose as carbon dioxide in your breath

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D4EV TIL that the first entirely computer generated movie sequence in cinema history was the Genesis Device demonstration video in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. The studio that made the scene would later become Pixar.
nWkl9 TIL about the Abode of Chaos. Artist Thierry Ehrmann bought an old scenic house in a rural town and transformed it into a replica war zone that serves as an open-air museum of radical avant-garde art. This has angered locals enough to sue him in France's supreme court.
DQ47D TIL the average depth of the North Sea is only about 95m (312ft)
7VK7 TIL that the reason spicy food gets spicier after freezing and reheating is because capsaicin (spice chemical) is stored in fats, which don’t evaporate during reheating like the water in a food so there is a higher percentage of the spice than in the food before, causing it to be spicier
9wQv6 TIL: The eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 was the loudest sound in recorded history, heard 3,000 miles (4800 KM) away.