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TIL psychopaths aren’t affected by the contagiousness of yawning

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RLM7 TIL when you look in the sky and see dots and swirls, it’s not a illusion. It is actually the shadows of white blood cells reflecting off of your retina.
OGlm7 TIL that more than half the drop in America’s total fertility rate is explained by women under the age of 19 now having next to no children
5VJm9 Today I learned that the Beatles song "I Feel Fine" inspired the James Taylor song "Something in the Way She Moves", which in turn inspired the Beatles song "Something".
8e7L8 TIL in 2005 the US Navy conducted a test called SinkEx on how an enemy might sink one of its Supercarriers could. After four weeks of firing, the carrier remained and had to be sunk by hand-placed explosives
E1yY0 TIL Good Vibrations by The Beach Boys was one of the most expensive songs in history. "The cost of recording was phenomenal: between $50,000 and $75,000." It had used up 90 hours of tape from 17 separate recording dates with LA’s top sessioneer's for the 3min 36secs song.