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TIL that the ‘falling sensation’ and jerk reflex felt before sleep may go back to our ancestors having to re-adjust themselves when sleeping in trees, so they didn’t fall out.

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BrLBx TIL that in the 18th century getting a divorce in England was so expensive that lower class men sold their wives on markets instead. Most of the time the woman agreed to it and the buyer was usually the womans new lover. Sometimes a bidding war could start tough and a stranger could win.
pY5mA TIL Beaver anal secretions have been used as a vanilla flavor substitute for certain foods and luxury cosmetics.
9wxxp TIL that a female Adactylidium mite is born already carrying fertilized eggs. After a few days, the eggs hatch inside her, and she gives birth to several females and one male. The male mates with all of his sisters inside their mother. Then, the offspring eats their mother from the inside out.
OVE1 TIL that a Labrador Retriever service dog pulled his disabled owner into the recovery position after he was struck unconscious, then covered him with a blanket. Retrieved his mobile phone and pushed it against his face, and only left his owner to fetch help once he had regained consciousness.
y0AV TIL that before her death at 35, Harriet Cole, a maid at Drexel’s College of Medicine, willed her body to Dr. Rufus Weaver, and requested it be used to benefit science. Weaver proceeded with the complete dissection and mounting of her nervous system.