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TIL that introverts produce more saliva than extroverts

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OG9Rg TIL the US military helped invent Cheetos
VM7V4 TIL that some of the coughing sound effects from General Grievous in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith were actually recordings of George Lucas while he had bronchitis.
OEOa TIL After the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011,more than 200 Japanese pensioners, all over 60, volunteered to tackle the nuclear crisis. The organizer said “Even if I were exposed to radiation, cancer could take 20 or 30 years or longer to develop. I probably have 13 to 15 years left to live.”
MvM7 TIL that there are no laws to prohibit professional sports leagues (I.e NFL, NBA, MLB, etc) from fixing their own games for increased revenue or any other purpose.
QJpJL TIL a 1998 space simulation experiment put 7 men and a woman in a replica of the space station Mir for several months. After 110 days, the drunken space commander had assaulted the female researcher, threatened to murder another, and one participant fled the experiment early.