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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.

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R7bow TIL creation of the most sacred fire in a Zoroastrian temple requires combining flames from 16 different sources, one of which is a funeral pyre; however, funeral pyres are forbidden in Zoroastrianism as corpses are thought to defile the flame.
D1bOr TIL That the Twinkie diet study, which aimed to prove that only calories mattered for weight loss, was secretly (at the time) funded by Coca-Cola.
xNW5 TIL that, despite having sold 40 million records worldwide, Rick Astley abruptly retired from music in 1993, at the age of 27, in order to spend more time with his newborn daughter. He wouldn’t produce any new material for the next 10 years, and it was another 14 before he went back on tour.
KODrR TIL the highest natural point in Rhode Island, Jerimoth Hill, was once considered one of the more difficult state highpoints to scale despite being a gentle hill only 812 feet above sea level, as the trail up the hill passed through the private property of an old man who would threaten trespassers.
nekpB TIL male bees ejaculate with such force that it rips apart their organs, killing them instantly.