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TIL: Pheromone in baby mouse tears makes female mice less interested in sex.

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V8jm TIL that some sections of “Bohemian Rhapsody” have up to 180 separate tracks, which required the vocal parts to be sung 10-12 hours per day. Record studios of the era only offered 24-track recording, requiring constant overdubs. The same tapes were reused so much, they could be seen through.
jrlj TIL After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, hundreds of people (many of them already injured), made their way towards Nagasaki. Of these, 165 survived BOTH atomic bombings and lived to tell the tale.
Z8M8R TIL McDonalds intentionally created exactly four different shapes for chicken nuggets. According to the company, “three would’ve been too few. Five would’ve been, like, wacky.”
PYmpV TIL of The World Islands located 2.5 miles off the coast of Dubai in the Persian Gulf. The 300 artificial islands range from 150,000 to 450,000 sq. ft. in area & consist of 321 million cubic metres of sand & 386 million tons of rock.
N7OG8 TIL Congressman/Civil Rights Hero John Lewis appeared on “Arthur” on PBS. Rest in Power