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TIL a fertility doctor used his own sperm to father 48 children.

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QBnL TIL a group got instructions to sleep as long as they wanted, their cortisol started to rise at 8, and woke up at 9. Another group was said they’d wake up at 6, and their CRH and cortisol rose at 5. Just their expectations of waking time changed the behaviour of stress hormones.
DQvKv TIL: In pre revolutionary France, the tax was called the "taille", which was originally a way for peasants to pay to be exempt from the army. However, it was expanded afterwards. Nobles, clergy, and people living in Paris and Lyon were excluded.
d8d89 TIL a man declared dead in 2010 rail accident was found alive in Kolkata. His family had claimed a compensation of ₹400k and a government job for his sister.
GXYN TIL Poon Lim survived 133 days alone on a raft at sea by fishing, drinking bird blood, and killing a shark with a jug of water