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TIL About a woman with a brain condition that prevented her from feeling fear. "Indeed, she's been held at gunpoint and knifepoint, beaten by her husband, and inches away from a poisonous snake, but nothing seems to faze the Iowa woman."

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X0v6E TIL China’s Hongzhi Emperor of the Ming Dynasty only had 1 wife and refused to have concubines after his mother was murdered by one of his father’s consorts.
x04o TIL that during a visit to Boeing, Soviet scientists secretly applied adhesive to the bottom of their shoes in order to covertly collect metal samples from the floor.
GxnJ TIL drying your hands with a paper towel will reduce the bacterial count on your hands by 45-60% rather than by using a hand dryer, which will increase it by 255%. This is because the dryer blows out bacteria living in the conveniently warm, moist environment
a8gyA TIL: The highest rated TV show or Movie that Jessica Alba acted in was an episode of The Office
XE5oj TIL about the whistling language called Sylbo. Native to the Canary Islands, Sylbo is thousands of years old and developed as a means for inhabitants of La Gomera to communicate across deep ravines and narrow valleys.