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TIL Cold showers are more beneficial than hot showers.

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wLE9o TIL: The US women's national soccer team has never finished worse than 3rd place in the history of the Women's World Cup
0EZ1 TIL that the Veronica Mars film raised $5M via Kickstarter, but grossed only $3M worldwide at the box office, meaning fans were willing to pay more for the film to be made than they were to watch it in theaters.
kJQO5 TIL that Brad Pitt's first name isn't Bradley, that would be William, with Bradley being his middle name.
yV8P8 TIL that Platypuses glow under UV light
xwaw TIL that Robin Williams saved the life of Jerry Reed on the set of The Survivors. Robin went to Jerry’s trailer and found Jerry groggy, complaining of a terrible headache. It turns out that Jerry’s trailer had a carbon monoxide leak; Had Robin not pulled him out, Jerry would have died.