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TIL for every 1lb/kg that someone loses, 86% of it is breathed out of the body in the form of CO2. The body literally exhales the majority of its weight loss.

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epKKE TIL during the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, 50 of the plant's 800 workers stayed behind during the evacuation. The workers, including older plan retirees, volunteered to be exposed to high levels of radiation while working to prevent a full meltdown of the facility.
wLjJo TIL in 2009 in a ‘David vs Goliath’ lawsuit, a small time inventor won a $23 million lawsuit against Ford auto company for patent infringement.
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kOGPe TIL that session musician Nicky Hopkins played the piano on the Beatles "Revolution" and the Rolling Stones "Gimme Shelter".
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