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TIL that there are women who are prepared to pay to have their breasts slapped to make said breasts appear fuller and firmer.

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lola1 TIL ‘Old person smell’ is actually a scientific phenomenon whereby the aging process changes the chemicals produced by the skin. With 2-Nonenal being the most likely cause of the smell. Present in body odour and on the things they touch.
78prb TIL the Rolling Stones were the first to record the Lennon–McCartney song I Wanna Be Your Man as their first top 20 single in the UK
g48L TIL: “Teardrop” by Massive Attack was chosen to be the opening sequence of House because the song roughly mimics the sound of a beating human heart.
g8VA TIL that, over the course of the Civil War, due to poor financial choices, the Confederacy experienced inflation rates of (literally) over 9000%.
mnWE TIL that CNN medical correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta saved a Marine’s life after he was shot in the head during the opening days of the invasion of Iraq. Without proper tools, Gupta performed the brain surgery with a Black and Decker handheld drill. The Marine lived.