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TIL Earlier mammals like cats, rabbits, and ferrets experience endocrine changes during mating - usually from clitoral stimulation during intercourse - that induce ovulation. In humans, orgasms lead to similar endocrine changes but are not required for ovulation.

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8a75V TIL in the Beatles song Let it Be, "Mother Mary" is actually not a reference to the Virgin Mary. It instead refers to Paul's actual mother, Mary, who died when he was young. The song was inspired by a dream in which she gave him the advice "It will be all right, just let it be".
reW4 TIL that the richest 80 people in the world have as much wealth as the poorest half of the world’s population
ladB TIL that when hermit crabs encounter a new shell that is too big for them, they will wait around to see if another crab shows up to take it. They form groups of up to 20, holding onto each other in order from largest to smallest, each waiting to get into a larger shell that fits them.
M7O60 TIL that austrian poet Georg Trakl (1887-1914) was a pharmacist and served as a medical officer in the Austro-Hungarian Army. In the battle of Gródek (September 1914), he had to take care of 90 severely wounded soldiers all by himself for two days. Trakl overdosed on cocaine in November 1914.
68MW TIL In 1988, actor Gary Busey was in a severe motorcycle accident. Busey, not wearing a helmet, was in a coma for 33 days. In 2008, a psychiatrist determined that the accident caused brain damage and that is why he is considered to have an eerie and bizarre persona.