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TIL that your pupils can expand by as much as 45% when looking at someone you love

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yQ9VV TIL that the 2016 Rio Olympics were a huge financial disaster for Brazil. A $12bn price tag for the venues without any real plan on how to continue has left facilities,used by legendary athletes just years ago, in disrepair. The aquatic center pictured is now drained and filled with dirty puddles
wL417 TIL Cincinnati was known as Porkopolis due to its being a center of the pork industry in the 19th century.
D1gAP TIL that a nun in a convent in France began to meow like a cat; shortly afterwards other nuns also meowed. At last all the nuns meowed together every day for several hours. They finally stopped after they were informed that they will be whipped until they promised not to meow any more.
nedj9 TIL that ticks and mites can smell the breath of its target, e.g. human. Then they come out of their shelter to attack breathing target. Ticks have special unique organs (called olfactoreceptors) that can smell carbon dioxide that comes out when you're breathing.
kOYLe TIL that Switzerland invaded Liechtenstein in 2007. Liechtenstein official response was “It's not like they invaded with attack helicopters”