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TIL our bodies respond more to changes in skin temperature than core temperature and a warm shower (about 33°C/91.4°F) will cool you down more than a cold shower.

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e0mlL TIL the venom from the Brazilian Wandering Spider contains a protein (PnTx2-6) that has been found to induce priapism (a persistent, long lasting erection). In 2011, a research study was conducted using this protein to treat erectile dysfunction with success found in treating mice.
4XJLN TIL Brøndby Haveby is a series of circular neighborhoods outside Copenhagen that act as vacation homes for nearby city dwellers
wGG8 TIL that in World War II, American soldier John R. Fox died when he deliberately called an artillery strike on himself. Realizing that German troops were overrunning his party’s position, the strike delayed the enemy long enough for other American units to organize a counter attack.
nepMB TIL the word Abracadabra was originally used in ancient Rome as a cure for malaria. It wasn't spoken as we use it today, however it was written on papyrus and worn in a vial around the neck.
4XL95 TIL Charlie Chaplin made his first sound film in 1940, which was 13 years after the emergence of talkies. His silent films in this time were still very popular.