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TIL Humans are all born with 2 innate fears, falling and loud sounds.

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4XAw TIL; There is a tribe which worships Prince Phillip as a god
X0gJ6 TIL The McGuire Twins, billed as the world’s heaviest twins, were obese due to a bout of German Measles affecting their pituitary glands at age 4.
e0MGJ TIL of The Eleusinian Mysteries: Secret religious ancient Greek rites held annually for some two millennia (starting in 1600 B.C.) at the temple of Demeter. To this day, the controversy puzzles historians; all details were marked by a sworn oath of secrecy by the initiated and vanished through time.
KYKx4 TIL all Hubble Telescope images are all false color – meaning they start out as black and white, and are then colored.
erkL TIL there is a rare fiber called Cervelt that is produced by New Zealand red deer and is softer than cashmere. Only 20 grams of this fiber can be collected yearly per deer and it is used to make luxury socks that cost $1,500 a pair.