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TIL The human sigh acts as a physiological reset button
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TIL about men's sheds. Rather than working alone in the garden shed, these are specific places where men (and also women) can go and work on general craft projects like woodwork, electronics, etc in a social setting.
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TIL: While filming the LOTR trilogy, Viggo Mortensen got so into character that during a conversation, Peter Jackson referred to him as “Aragorn” for over half an hour without him realizing it.
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TIL that there was a "Human Zoo" exhibit at the 1958 Brussels World’s Fair where the Ministry of Colonies built a Congolese exhibit to demonstrate their claim to have "civilized" the "primitive Africans."
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TIL that albino animals appear to have red eyes because the blood vessels in their retina are visible through their transparent irises
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TIL the sativa/indica distinction as currently applied in literature is complete nonsense, and instead medical and retail cannabis products should have accurate biochemical assays of cannabinoid and terpenoid profiles.