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TIL that conversion therapy is still legal in Europe, but there is a petetion active to finally combat this ancient practise!

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Z8X7G TIL that Dimebag Darrel, former lead guitarist of Pantera, asked Eddie Van Halen if he could have a copy of the "Bumblebee" that appears on the back cover of Van Halen II. Eddie said yes, but never got around to it. After hearing the news of Dimebag's death, he had the original buried with Darrel.
d81m7 TIL psychopaths are immune to the sympathetic, contagious yawn response. Additionally, researchers found that those resistant to the 'contagious yawn' were also resistant to being startled.
djx9 TIL Pancho Villa’s last words before he died were: “Don’t let it end like this. Tell them I said something.”
a8PNA TIL Your brain is constantly eating itself. This process is called phagocytosis, where cells envelop and consume smaller cells or molecules to remove them from the system.
mxwJO TIL about the Canadian HMCS Haida, which became known as "The Fightingest Ship in the Navy" after sinking 14 German ships and submarines in just over a year during WW2. The Haida went on to take part in the Korean War, and now serves as a museum ship and national historic site in Canada.