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TIL that human tears are a defense mechanism, the scent of which causes testosterone levels to decrease, reducing both aggression and sexual urges.

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OG5N7 TIL drown reefs are a thing caused when the water level is high enough that it blocks out too much sunlight needed by some coral species
XLx8 TIL two patients taking the anti-depressant ‘clomipramine’ reported the side effect that every time they yawned they had an orgasm.
Z8lJv TIL That the kids show yo gabba gabba had a number of famous bands appear on the show, such as The Killers, Weezer, and My Chemical Romance
R5414 Til of the Peshtigo fire, the deadliest wildfire in world history that took place in Peshtigo, Wisconsin in 1871. It occurred the same day as the Great Chicago Fire, and has been largely forgotten, though it killed 5 times as many as the Great Chicago Fire.
4XwJJ TIL biblically accurate angels are very different from well-known description of the an angel - Old Testament depict one of them (Seraphim) as six-winged, flaming creature continuesly chanting "Holy, holy, holy" and the other (Ophanim) as pair of wheels with multiple eyes