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TIL of the Rule of 3’s regarding the human body’s basic needs: You will die if you go without oxygen for 3 minutes, water for 3 days, or food for 3 weeks - though there are exceptions to this rule.

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oROgo TIL A music video was made for Bee Gee's "Night Fever" in 1978, but not shown to the public until 26 years later, in 2004. It shows them singing in a darkened studio, layered over background video filmed while driving along Sunny Isles Beach, Florida and many places shown no longer exist
D1gpv TIL 40% of workers in New York masturbate while on the job
v1VRL TIL the first Asian Americans to fight on behalf of the US were Filipinos, referred to by General Andrew Jackson as "Manilamen" during the War of 1812. They were from a small fishing town called Saint Malo in Louisiana, which is also the first Filipino Settlement in the US.
xVMXo TIL the McDonald's Happy Meal debuted in the US in 1979 as the "Circus Wagon Happy Meal"
eeDJ TIL that European Royal Families had a “Court Jew” to handle finances and negotiate loans since usury was forbidden by the Catholic Church