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TIL that you are only born with two fears - the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. Every other fear is learned.

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rRGJW TIL about Hart Island in NY, one of the largest cemeteries in the U.S. About one million people have been buried there since 1869, mostly children and stillborn babies. Very few people have even been allowed to visit, and taking pictures or videos is illegal.
N7LBe TIL that the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere are the opposite of those in the Southern Hemisphere. This means that in Argentina and Australia, winter begins in June.
0Zpp TIL that “Daddy Long Legs” (Harvestmen not Cellar Spiders) are nonvenomous, lack fangs entirely, and aren’t even a spider.
rkAe TIL “health insurance” was actually cooked up as a ploy by hospitals to fill empty beds. The real impetus to making insurance commonplace is when they made premiums tax-free if paid by employers. Before insurance the average person spent $5 per year on medical care.
m1m1p TIL US researchers found an inverse correlation between testicular size and the degree to which men participated in aspects of parenthood, such as changing diapers and feeding duties.