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Today I learned that humans are the only animals that can blush and perhaps the only animal that can feel embarrassment. Blushing appears to be a unique human expression 'the most peculiar and most human of all expressions' which happens when blood vessels in the face dilate when embarrassed.

JQo4 TIL that the Tesla Model S scored 5 out of 5 stars by the National Highway Safety Administration, the highest in the history of the automobile. It even broke the machine that was intended to crush it during a rollover test.
QJZGe TIL in 1988, Cosmo magazine told its female readers that having unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man is totally safe as long as they did the missionary position.
7dNx TIL that the janitor of the Air Force Academy was a Medal of Honor winner who went unnoticed for almost ten years until a cadet stumbled across his story in a history book. When the janitor passed away, he was buried at the cemetery and is the only non-air force enlisted man buried there.
p8WoA TIL that due to looking very similar once they have been butchered and skinned, cat meat has been sold as rabbit. If a food is said to contain "roof-hare", you are eating cat.
9YalX TIL the 1996 video game "Tomb Raider" had a fan-made patch called "Nude Raider" that made Lara naked. The video game publisher got the site hosting the patch shut down. In the sequel, the developers included a secret code that would allegedly make her naked, but it in fact made Lara explode.