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XEy7D TIL why noses run when it's cold out. Lungs are irritated by cold and dry air, so the nose gets more blood to keep it warm, and secretes more liquid to increase the humidity of the air you breathe in.
gMO0D TIL: A Chicago high school played Justin Bieber's "Baby" in between classes in the hallways. As a fundraising technique they made students pay to stop the song. They raised $1,000 in three days.
69EDJ TIL that the Louisiana Supreme Court ruled that aa defendant's request "give me a lawyer, dog" was too ambiguous to be considered a Miranda request for a lawyer
69woZ TIL that there was a psychiatrist named Zholia Alemi who forged credentials in the UK for 2 decades before finally getting exposed
oZyr TIL: Empedocles, 5th century Greek philosopher most known for the development of the idea of the Four Elements, also concluded that matter could neither be created nor destroyed, and developed a theory of evolution concluding that form followed function and that the most fit survived.