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TIL: That people who experience discomfort watching cringe have higher levels of empathy.

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R74Wj TIL Paradoxical Undressing is a phenomenon which is frequent in cases of lethal hypothermia. Before dying, the person undresses as if they were burning up, when in fact they are freezing. People who have died frozen are often found naked and are mistakenly identified as victims of a violent crime
v8aK TIL that Chuck E. Cheese restaurants have a lot more violence than other restaurants and bars because parents are more likely to fight if they sense a threat to children.
R7jEa TIL There was once an academic club called the Askesian Society. It's existence was dedicated promotion of scientific thinking and the use of nitrous oxide.
v1Vlr TIL the first US President's dog to received regular coverage from the press was President Harding's "Laddie Boy." That's because of Harding's doting of him as the dog had his own seat in cabinet meetings. Harding even had miniature statues of him made that he handed out as gifts.
p8rnQ TIL the first detailed medical description of Parkinson's Disease is over 200 years old, yet we still don't know what causes it, how to detect it before symptoms show, and there is still no cure.