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TIL that a hunter-gatherer burns roughly the same amount of calories in a 24 hour period as a sedentary office worker. This is because the body adjusts the metabolic rate down to compensate for activity.

Z8oAR TIL that the first ever phone to run in an Android system is the HTC Dream also known as HTC G1 or T-Mobile G1, as it was set to revolutionize the smartphone market. Aside from running in an Android system, it had 3G support and 3.2 inch screen smartphone and it was released in 2008
KRB4 TIL the use of sunscreen can cause coral bleaching; the main component of sunscreen, titanium dioxide, forms hydrogen peroxide, OH- and superoxides (O2-) in water, all of which contribute to coral bleaching. 10% of bleached coral is estimated to have been caused by sunscreen alone.
wMp6 TIL Sylvester Stallone hated the first 3.5 hour cut of “Rambo: First Blood Part I” so much, that it made him and his agent sick. He wanted to buy the movie and destroy it thinking it was a career killer. Ultimately, a heavily re-edited 93 minute cut was sent for theatrical release.
grgWD TIL the US military uses jet fuel (JP-8) not only in planes, but in ground vehicles like tanks aswell
a8YXJ TIL the most prolific man-eating lions were a pride of 15 in the Njombe region of Tanzania that claimed as many as 1,500 lives between 1932-1947. Unlike most lions, the Njombe pride did its killing in the afternoon, using the night hours to travel as far as 15 or 20 miles to an unsuspecting village.