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TIL there is a flower often used as a food dye in Southeast Asian cuisine called “Clitoria”–named because it resembles a woman’s sexual organs

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n5ed TIL in 1962, French explorer Michael Siffre spent two months in complete isolation buried in a cave below a glacier. His sense of time collapsed but his body continued to maintain a daily rhythm.
JYboB TIL of Æthelflæd, Lady of the Mercians. Eldest daughter of Alfred the Great who ruled the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Mercia and played a key role in conquering the Danelaw.
WkxeB Til that an 8 year old named Gabi Mann befriended her local crows by giving them part of her school lunch every day, and in return, they have started leaving her gifts ranging from random shiny objects like broken glass to a lens cap that her mother had lost earlier that day
pDQG TIL Paul McCartney dreamed the melody of “Yesterday” one night and immediately wrote the music the next morning. He then looked around for a month to find out whether or not he plagiarized it from someone else.
Lke7m TIL a research study published in 2010 found that acetaminophen can reduce physical and neural responses associated with the pain of social rejection, whether in romantic relationships, friendships or otherwise.