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TIL Breastmilk contains endocannabinoids, analogues of those in cannabis, which help the infant to become hungry and eat

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ZQ8D TIL Russia has a retirement age of 55 for Women and 60 for Men.
d8DWd No one is entirely sure. Water has high surface tension, yet the molecules at its surface are unstable, which makes the air-surface interface mysterious and difficult to describe. Satoshi Nihonyanagi, a researcher at a molecular-spectroscopy lab in Japan, studies water and its surface—"specifically probing the interface," he calls it—using isotopically diluted H2O, which doesn't vibrate and is easier to observe. He's found that some water molecules are bound to others by a single hydrogen bond.
5VeQ TIL that because if their strange diet, Koalas are basically shitfaced all the time
m4WM TIL: Ravens are the only birds in the world that will fly towards the sound of gunfire, having learned a hunter may soon leave a gut pile for the raven to eat.
neg1Y TIL that goats who misbehave are often forced to wear foam pool noodles to cover their horns.