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TIL swearing will increase pain tolerance, improving your ability to withstand pain.

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5mP8 TIL the Sea Cucumber breathes through its anus.
W7OOd TIL no film has ever won all four acting awards at the Oscars (Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, & Best Supporting Actress) and only three films have ever won three out of the four: A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), Network (1976), and Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022).
GYL5Q TIL a walnut-sized parrot brain contains more neurons than a lemon-sized monkey brain, and bird brains in general have much higher cognitive power per pound than mammal brains. Being called bird-brained should be a compliment, not an insult!
kMEg TIL that the reason we have access to so much free online porn, is mostly because of a man named Fabian Thylmann, who bought up many of the paid pornography sites and made them free; gaining revenue through ads instead.
E1weX TIL that John Rockefeller hired the national guard to massacre striking coal mine workers killing women and children in result