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TIL that 3% of people in the US will have a psychotic break at some point in their lives

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5VDmk TIL babies cant taste salt until around 3 months old. But when they develop the the ability to, they show a preference for salty water.
4XXjo At the center of the case was a beautiful young woman named Grace Marks. But was she really responsible for the crime?
epjaL TIL a 1978 study had students approach strangers & ask to have sex. 75% of men said yes; zero women did. But a 2015 study made sure its participants believed they could accept offers of sex without fear of what might happen to them; it found when society isn’t judging, women's sex drive rivals men's
LPMV TIL that, in the late 1930s, Samsung started their first product line: noodles.
697GZ TIL about the WWII L4 Grasshopper plane named "Rosie the Rocketer" that it's pilot, Major Charles "Bazooka Charlie" Carpenter, had attached six bazookas to. It took part in the battle at Arracourt, forcing a tank column to retreat. He racked up 6 tank kills, including two Tigers.