TIL As the brain gets used to alcohol, it attempts to restore itself to a normal state in the presence of alcohol. If the influence of alcohol is suddenly removed, the brain has to readjust once again, leading to “the shakes” or increased anxiety.
TIL a study of 685 pedophiles found they were twice as likely to have suffered a head injury before age 13, compared to the general population
TIL If a baby is born vaginally they share similar gut microflora to the mother's vagina, however babies born via Ceasarian share similar gut microflora to their mother's skin.
TIL that after Hurricane Katrina, prisoners who couldn‘t move back to their destroyed neighbourhoods after finishing their sentence were significantly less likely to be reincarcerated afterwards
TIL In 1917, people were deliberately infected with malaria to cure their syphilis, while the malaria was cured quinine. The man who developed this treatment, Julius Wagner-Jauregg, received the nobel prize for it.