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TIL Loneliness can weaken the immune system

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EyDP TIL Hugh Thompson Jr., a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, threw away his Distinguished Flying Cross when he saw the citation included a fabricated account of the My Lai Massacre.
4ko9N TIL The human colon explodes at 4 PSI (27.5 kPa)
ANwvB TIL about the phrase "Sick as a Parrot" which unlike the one I know "Sick as a dog" is apparently reference to being disappointed or sad because you aren't "bright and beautiful" from a 1682 comedy. Apparently it used to be common in the UK - I'm so excited to learn it!
KAyw TIL Anthony Hopkins was only on screen for 16 minutes in ‘Silence of the Lambs’
epwLg TIL Pedro Rodrigues Filho, one of Brazil's most prolific killers. Having killed between 71-100+ criminals as a vigilante (including his father), he was given a the maximum sentence in Brazil of 30 years. Filho now has a successful YouTube career with 250k subs