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TIL that human bone is as strong as steel but 50 times lighter. Pound for pound, our bones are actually 4 times stronger than concrete.
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Submitted 2026-02-23T19:57:43+00:00 by bareegyptianfeet
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Winston Medical Center
Human Bones, Joints and Muscles Facts: - Winston Medical Center
Human Bones, Joints and Muscles Facts: Your bones are composed of 31% water. Your bones, pound for pound, are 4 times stronger than concrete. A muscle called the diaphragm controls... Read more »
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TIL that “42% Of People Don't Know Potato Chips Are Made From Potatoes”, thanks to a survey by Lay’s parent company, and as a result “Made With Real Potatoes” is now printed on the bags.
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Submitted 2026-02-23T21:28:38+00:00 by Jackpot777
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Kotaku
42% Of People Don't Know Potato Chips Are Made From Potatoes
Did you know that Lay's potato chips are made from potatoes? I'm not lying
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TIL that the first time endometriosis was recognized as an ADA disability in North Carolina was after a law student decided to litigate her case alone after lawyers told her she wouldn’t win
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Submitted 2026-02-23T19:31:50+00:00 by Proper_Associate_791
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MSN
NC woman's fight with the state over menstrual pain could help others, disability advocates say
Thousands of North Carolina women who suffer from endometriosis or similar issues might soon have more hope for winning accommodations at work or at school, due to a former state employee’s fight against the government. Endometriosis is a condition in which…
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TIL the Zilog Z80, a chip first released in 1976 was manufactured until 2024, powering PCs and early games for over 50 years
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Submitted 2026-02-23T19:39:09+00:00 by FizzyBeverage
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TIL Baron von Steuben, the man who transformed the US revolutionaries into a modern army, was a life long bachelor who eventually left all his property to 3 young men he had formally adopted. He was accompanied to the US by his young secretary and his beloved dog, which he took with him everywhere
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Submitted 2026-02-23T21:29:30+00:00 by Nero2t2
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TIL in 2011 an emperor penguin named Happy Feet arrived in New Zealand after swimming about 2K miles from Antarctica. He is the second emperor penguin ever to be found in NZ (first was in 1967). At the beach he ate sand, likely mistaking it for snow, and needed 4.4 lbs of it removed from his stomach
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Submitted 2026-02-23T22:23:08+00:00 by tyrion2024
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TIL that the Chicken Dance's composer, Swiss accordionist Werner Thomas, is still alive. It is considered to be the single most successful Swiss song ever, being exported to over 40 countries with over 400 recorded versions.
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Submitted 2026-02-23T20:32:36+00:00 by WavesAndSaves
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TIL in 2014 George RR Martin auctioned, for charity, the opportunity for two people to appear, and be killed off, in The Winds of Winter for $20,000
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Submitted 2026-02-23T22:59:07+00:00 by NoLastNameForNow
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the Guardian
George RR Martin to kill off Facebook employee in Game of Thrones books
The author of the Song of Ice and Fire saga auctioned off the opportunity to appear in the next book – and be killed – for $20,000, paid to a pair of charities
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TIL the film The Gospel According to St. Matthew was directed by Paolo Passolini, a known atheist, homosexual and Marxist, was called by the official Vatican newspaper as "the best film on Christ ever made".
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Submitted 2026-02-24T01:03:47+00:00 by malvarez97
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TIL Peter Cushing, who played Grand Moff Tarkin was extremely pleased with how the film came out, got along well with the cast, and his only regret was that his character died and he couldn't appear in the sequels
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Submitted 2026-02-24T02:57:15+00:00 by Please_PM_me_Uranus
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TIL that banana ketchup was invented in the Philippines because of a tomato shortage and high production of bananas during WWII
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Submitted 2026-02-24T04:45:11+00:00 by Physical_Hamster_118
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TIL that the human brain processes sensory input over roughly a tenth of a second, which means the present moment we experience is actually a slightly delayed reconstruction created by the brain.
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Submitted 2026-02-24T05:06:29+00:00 by AutumnLeaf7777
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Trends in Cognitive Sciences
All in Good Time: Long-Lasting Postdictive Effects Reveal Discrete Perception
Is consciousness a continuous stream of percepts or is it discrete, occurring only
at certain moments in time? This question has puzzled philosophers, psychologists,
and neuroscientists for centuries. Both hypotheses have fallen repeatedly in and out
of favor.…
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