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TIL there is a taste receptor cell in your urethra that can sense bitter.

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LkMvP TIL about "hysterical strength." Basically, when faced with a life-or-death situation, humans can harness more of their muscle strength than usual, to overcome the obstacle they're facing. This incredible feat is usually associated with people lifting cars to save someone.
jNM1X TIL that in 1993, comic For Better or For Worse ran a story about a gay character coming out to his parents. It was criticized by hundreds of fans, over 100 newspapers cancelled the strip over it, and even parts of the gay community were against it.
d8818 TIL that the jury trials in the State of Louisiana does not require a unanimous decision. Guilty verdicts can be reached with just 10 / 12 jurors.
e0rvg TIL that Bolton Strid, an innocuous stream in England, had killed every person who's ever fallen in - because it's actually a giant underground sideways river.
nOlr TIL Chadwick (the discoverer of the neutron) was a student of Rutherford (discoverer of the proton) who was the student of Thomson (the discoverer of the electron).