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TIL that we haven’t evolved quickly enough to adapt to society’s overwhelming stimuli otherwise known as supernormal stimuli

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Y7GPx TIL the reason why Hugh Grant was caught with a prostitute in his car was because he was repeatedly pressing the brake pedal with his foot, so his brake lights were flashing erratically, catching the attention of the police.
ldD5 TIL of Wim Hof, who climbed Mount Everest in his shorts, resisted altitude sickness, completed a marathon in the Namibian Desert with no water and proven – under a laboratory setting – that he’s able to influence his autonomic nervous system and immune system at will.
xVDP5 TIL that there is not only a herd of wild horses in Maryland at Assateague, but that they also love junk food, like hot dogs and chips, and will try to take it from people.
nWjNB TIL that employees at N.A.S.A. smoked on average 29 cigarettes a day before the first moon landing.
wRnP TIL Hydrochloric Acid does not digest food. | It sanitizes the stomach, denatures uncooked protein, and activates an enzyme called Pepsin that does digest food.