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TIL The human body contains trillions of microorganisms — outnumbering human cells by 10 to 1 in a humanbody.

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PYnkL TIL about Ans van Dijk, a Jewish Dutch woman who was the only woman executed after WWII in the Netherlands. She was found guilty of treason by working for the nazis and betraying the hiding places of at least 145 other Jewish people including her own brother.
e0KDL TIL that Robert Kearns, the inventor of intermittent windshield wipers, tried to sell his idea to the auto industry and was turned away. When they began showing up on new cars, he sued the manufacturers from the industry and won millions of dollars in settlements.
VlrG TIL that in response to a rebellion in the province of Uva in 1818, the British government killed every male 18 or older.
8alQK TIL The US may have adopted the metric system if pirates hadn’t kidnapped the French scientist sent to help Thomas Jefferson persuade Congress to adopt the system
OdPe TIL Shaggy’s song “It Wasn’t Me” was translated into Huttese and used in Star Wars: The Force Awakens