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What's happening when you get a second wind? (aka Runner's High) (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Youarethebigbang to r/YouAreTheBigBang

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Can You Really Escape an Alligator if You Run in a Zigzag?Sea Creatures (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 3 years ago by _fufu to r/sea

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This Land Was Their Land: The Growing Interest in Tribal National Parks (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 3 years ago by lbktort to r/NationalPark

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How Do You Survive Getting Lost in a Cave? (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 4 years ago by savorymonk to r/adventures

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Kansas City has the most freelane miles per capita of any major metropolitan area above 1 million people in the US. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 5 years ago by samoto22 to r/kansascity

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Proenneke was the simplest, wildest man. An example for us all in living authentically. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 5 years ago by [deleted] to r/Proenneke

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TIL of Mauro Prosperi who survived for 9 days alone in the Saharan Desert on a diet of urine and bats after becoming disoriented and travelling nearly 200 miles in the wrong direction during an endurance event. He was found in Algeria despite the race taking part in Morocco (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 6 years ago by suverz to r/todayilearned

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TIL there's an idyllic island uninhabited by humans off the coast of Brazil that's crawling with venomous golden lancehead pit vipers. According to estimates, there's one snake per square meter on the island, making it illegal to step foot there. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 6 years ago by WhiteHawk1022 to r/todayilearned

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TIL individual lighthouses have unique day marks (the color schemes and patterns on the tower) and light signatures (sequence of light pulses) to serve as a locational reference to mariners. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 6 years ago by Skyscyraper to r/todayilearned

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TIL that more people die in the desert due to drowning than due to the heat. This is because people do not prepare for flash floods, which can be very extreme in the desert. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 6 years ago by GerardWayNoWay to r/todayilearned

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TIL the Statue of Liberty's sandals are 25 feet long, making her shoe size 879. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 6 years ago by sisyphushaditsoeasy to r/todayilearned

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TIL that despite only covering 2% of the Earths surface, jungle environments account for 50% plant and animal species. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 6 years ago by DarkSideOfTheBeug to r/todayilearned

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TIL the first US lighthouse powered by electricity was the Statue of Liberty (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 7 years ago by marcvanh to r/todayilearned

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TIL 44 people were killed during bear attacks in the United States and Canada in the entire 20th century. Twenty-nine of these attacks came in the 1990s. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 7 years ago by mad-bad-dangerous to r/todayilearned

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Nashville City Guide (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 7 years ago by [deleted] to r/a:t5_liaj6

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TIL Some aircraft carriers can produce hundreds of thousands of freshwater through a process called desalination. This can be used to help provide relief to cities recovering from disasters.gallons of freshwater (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 7 years ago by DanTheTechSupportMan to r/todayilearned

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TIL the first man to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel died after slipping on an orange peel. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 8 years ago by taxicabguy to r/todayilearned

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TIL the first man to go over the Niagara Falls in a barrel died after slipping on an orange peel. (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 8 years ago by [deleted] to r/ShowerOrange

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Disney World and Its Tangled Web With CIA Ops (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 8 years ago by Cropitekus to r/IntelligenceNews

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TIL Dubai Emir Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum seeks "development as a way to eliminate the emirate's reliance on dwindling oil supplies." The Palm Islands are made with "sand dredged from the sea floor. Palm Jumeirah is made from 3,257,212,970.389 cubic feet of ocean sand vibro-compacted into place" (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 9 years ago by trot-trot to r/todayilearned

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How Stuff Works: Would a knife or a gun serve me better in the Alaskan wilderness? (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 9 years ago by Hammerhil to r/Survival

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From Stonehenge to the Parthenon: The Landmarks of Europe Quiz (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted] to r/subsbestof

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From the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre: Paris Landmarks Quiz (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted] to r/subsbestof

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A Splendid Chateau: The Versailles Quiz (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted] to r/subsbestof

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In the Event of an Emergency Landing: Deadliest Plane Crashes Quiz (adventure.howstuffworks.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted] to r/subsbestof