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TIL Loneliness can weaken the immune system

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JZKj TIL: In 2008, a 4chan user made a prank about how Steve Jobs “died of a heart attack”, after the prank went around social media, Apple’s stock dropped around $5,000,000,000 because of the joke.
ne4vB TIL that Erectile Dysfunction can be diagnosed as psychological or physical depending if the patient still gets morning wood. [NSFW]
GYyQg TIL Redheads are more likely to have anxiety about, and avoid going to, the dentist because the same gene mutation that gives them red hair also makes them 20% more resistant to the effects local anaesthesia.
ZpVED TIL that while 'Beat It' by Michael Jackson peaked at #3 in Australia, 'Eat It' by Weird Al Yankovic peaked at #1
XExj8 TIL that an acre was originally a rectangle made up of furlongs, which were the distance a pair of oxen could plow before resting