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TIL Acne is caused because we evolved to lose body hair faster than our glands adapted, meaning they produce oil to lubricate hair that isn't there resulting in a build up.

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mxp4P TIL that the FBI wrongly accused Steven Hatfill of being behind the 2001 anthrax-filled letter attacks. He was compensated with $4.6 million.
X0PBP TIL That Typhoon Tip was the largest most intense storm ever recorded, with winds 190 mph and size of 1380 miles wide in the south pacific, north of the Solomon Islands in 1979. Hurricane Patricia (2015) had the highest winds at 215 mph but was smaller in size and didn't last as long.
mx65O TIL the brains of long-term drug users "forget" how to produce dopamine naturally because the drugs have been producing it instead. In some cases, natural production never goes back to normal, even after long-term sobriety.
wDw7 TIL The Gates Foundation spends more on global health each year than the World Health Organization of the United Nations.
v1GrK TIL of Jonathan Reed, a man who loved his wife so much that when she died, he moved into her tomb. He decorated it like a home and even brought their parrot to live with them. “My only pleasure is to sit here with all that is left of her.”