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TIL- Boredom is a state of stress

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69gYm TIL in an actual case of dying of laughter, 56-year-old Danish audiologist named Ole Bentzen laughed himself to death watching A Fish Called Wanda
XEkJ8 TIL in 2014 researchers in the U.k developed an app called, "Spider in da house", which helped identify house spiders. They discovered the peak month of spiders moving indoors is September and most are males seeking mates.
mxNNv TIL that an anonymous biologist managed to get a fake scientific research paper accepted into four supposedly peer-reviewed science journals, to expose the problem of predatory journals. He based the paper on a notoriously bad Star Trek episode where characters turned into weird amphibian-people.
yoyw TIL that when the Waltz was introduced it was considered vulgar and indecent, suitable only for “prostitutes and adulteresses”
e0gdJ TIL The US postal service has a law enforcement arm made up of officers who carry firearms and have arresting powers