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TIL Stress makes you dumb: Studies have shown stress and complaining decreases the size of your hippocampus responsible for learning and memory.

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4k0dw TIL there's a 605-page Koran written in Saddam Hussein's blood
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J1APB TIL about The King of Intergalactic Chic, Larry LeGaspi, who designed the original KISS outfits.